Self Governed, Others Centered, Christ Dependent

Over the last three weeks at church Kevin Huggins has been speaking on what is casually known as the "Quarter Life Crisis." This is a term becoming more and more popular, resulting in more and more researching being done on what the actual "Quarter Life Crisis" is. I was very interested in everything Kevin had to stay and couldn't write down words fast enough. I wanted to use this entry to talk through some of the great things said.

Wisdom from above is different from wisdom gained by earthly means. Grade school, college, and even graduate school can be wonderful means of gaining earthly wisdom, but bring you no close to the wisdom that God wants to instill in us by seeking after Him and studying His word. Be a wisdom hunter.

A huge characteristic of being in your 20's is discovering newly found freedoms. You have to choose whether or not you are going to stay free, or back pedal and become world dependent. Why is it so hard for us young adults to hang on to our freedom. Are we scared, or is it harder to hang on to than we initially think? The world is organized to keep us from being self governed and free, but this is why Christ died.

Christ wants self governing people to serve Him. If you are self governing then you are not serving him for any other purpose than to glorify Him. The more self governed you are, the more you stick out and it alienates you from others. Being more self governed doesn't mean less pain and hurt. It could mean exactly the opposite.

How will I use my freedom? Galatians 5:13 tells us that we are created to be free and not to use our freedom to indulge in sinful nature. Don't be consumed by each other.

God calls us to be self governed but others centered. When you are others centered it may increase your pain more than being self centered. When you are others centered your own needs sometimes do not get met but you have to trust God to meet those needs. Can you ever be others centered to a fault?

Where will you find the strength to stay free? Freedom does not mean independent, it means we choose who or what we are dependent on. We need to be dependent on Christ. The world was not designed to give us life, we were designed to pour life from Christ into the world.

What does Christ dependent look like? Seek first the kingdom of God and all else will be added to you. Do we really trust this? It is counter cultural to live with the mentality that Christ will provide. Despite this, we must always be seeking to have the biggest kingdom impact in whatever we do.