Instincts

A few weeks ago I was sitting in church watching Paul sing during offertory. As I watched him I became amazed on how he can play the guitar so well as the same time that he sang so well. Too me, someone with no music talent, this is an awesome feat. I couldn't understand how someone could move their hands that fast and sing at the same time without messing up. I was thinking that you would have to think about where to move your hands for each note plus at the same time try to remember the lyrics for the song.

I was thinking about this last week when I was driving to a meeting on the other side of town. As I was driving I started to realize that I no longer really think about how to drive. My body just drives the car. My right foot knows how much pressure to put on the pedal to accelarate or to brake. My body also automatically adjusts this pressure when I switch from my car to Amy's car. My instincts take over when I drive.

When I first started to drive 18 years ago I had to think about it every time I moved those pedals or moved the steering wheel. But after a while the instincts took over.
Almost everything we do in our life is the same way. If it is either playing the guitar or driving a car after we do it enough our bodies instincts take over. Our Christian life is the same. It is very difficult chasing God and trying to crash giants down when the world is constantly throwing temptations our way. The world is always trying to trick us into loving it instead of God. Like Matthew 6:24 tells us we can't serve two masters. If our focus is on worldly things we can not also focus on God at the same time. So here is the key - start living your life today for God. Every decision you make you don’t allow your instincts to take over but instead thinking the decisions through and make decisions on what will bringing you closer to God. I believe this will be hard at first but after a while these decisions will become your instincts.