Application: I'm excited that God seems so imminent in my life these days. Dreams coming true, strangely insightful "words of knowledge", promises for the future... I find myself looking eagerly for the next divine bread crumb to lead me down the trail towards a rich life of obedience and fulfillment. When will God provide all my financial needs? When will he speak to me next? When will he change lives through me? I think I should rather be spending my energy on living with integrity during the "crumb-less" interim, seeking God's Kingdom first and trusting that He is (in his sneaky way) providing all those other things at the same time.
It's kind of like feeding the 5,000. I f I were a disciple I wouldn't be passing out bread. I would be staring into the baskets! I'd be like, "Hey Peter! Check it out! Wait for it..... waaaaait... bread mitosis!!" I have a job to do. I want to let God focus on his God stuff and I'll just focus on my own discipleship and integrity while I pass out the bread.
