Fishing Routine Pt. 2

I remember when I was little my brother and I got a Nintendo entertainment system for Christmas one year. We must of stood up playing Super Mario Brothers all night. One game that we loved was a game called Contra. It was a two player shooting game that was a lot of fun. I remember being stuck on certain levels and though the game would never end. Anyway we finally beat the game and continued to play it even after beating it, we would even try and pass the game without dying. Pretty good huh?

Sounds a little like life? Sometimes we are just stuck playing the same game in journaling, marriage, parenting and our spiritual life. I'm not talking about playing church or stuff I'm talking about remaining at the same level. God desires to take you from "Glory to Glory" from one level to the next. So you put in the new game cartridge of life, new chapter, new season whatever you want to call it you go to a new level, but your discipline, standards, and heart remain the same. In other words my life is being called to a different level on the outside then my inside can handle. Here's what happens when the inside doesn't match the outside, everything is effected relationships, leadership, creativity, energy, passion, everything feels like its R-O-U-T-I-N-E. The level you were on was good at the time but your old ceiling is now your existing floor, so everything that makes me strong on the inside must get stronger. Practically speaking that book you really enjoyed reading some months ago was really good for that time. That podcast you listened to several months ago was really good for that time. That time you spent with family was really good for that time. Everything that I consider a discipline, a standard, everything that makes my heart dream must intensify. Does the level that I am living at on the outside match what's taking place on the inside? If not all you will feel is tired, frustrated and empty. Here's another question, Who do I have to become on the inside in order to live out my biggest dream? Settling for anything else...is just routine.