Beautiful Spontaneity

“When we are rightly related to God, life is full of spontaneous, joyful uncertainty and expectancy.” –Oswald Chambers

Spontaneity, adventure, spur-of-the-moment –these are words I recently discovered were becoming part of my daily battle cry. I had always been the control-freak kind, continually itemizing my entire day, planning how everything would get done, how everything would match up, and how these somehow would make me feel better and accomplished. I was planning out my life -every single detail.

Now, don’t get me wrong: I far from condemn the making and reaching of goals, striving to live our days to the fullest, and doing as much as we can with the time God has given us. I am quite the opposite! There is nothing like having a dream and following it with all your heart because you know it’s the right –and best- thing for you to do! And actually…I continue to be a big fan of writing lists and constantly finding satisfaction on crossing items off of them –SHHH!

But now, I vouch to say that part of making the most of our days for the glory of God and pursuing His calling on our lives is…..

….by being spontaneous! By being adventurous! By doing some things in the spur-of-the-moment! And, quite honestly, ever since I have begun living that way, I have experienced so much more freedom, joy, and…a sense of productive accomplishment. In no way am I encouraging making foolish, hasty decisions or ditching the whole idea of responsibility –but I am advocating instead including, along with the adhering of our duties, the pursuit of beautiful spontaneity, that, honestly, I believe God spurs in us sometimes because without it, many of us would NEVER dare to launch half of these glorious adventures!

Oswald Chambers challenges us to consider TRUE LOVE a kind of adventure: “Love is not premeditated, it is spontaneous, i.e., it bursts up in extraordinary ways.” It is NOT about standards, he states boldly, “but when His Spirit is having His way with us, we live according to His standard without knowing it…”

Walking with the Lord and living in His Spirit is not about the rules, the lists, the numbers, or the accomplishments we can pat ourselves on the shoulder for. Rather, it is about letting His all take over us completely, day by day, more and more with every minute.

One more challenge for ya… “The evidence of our love for Him is the absolute spontaneity of our love…The life of God manifests itself in this spontaneous way because the springs of love are in the Holy Ghost.”

Now that sounds like a life for wild hearts and gypsy souls clinging only to the sound of hoofbeats to me!