Move it!

When we were younger it was difficult to find a good spot to watch TV.  With five kids and only a 19" TV you did your best to secure a spot.  Every now and then, one of the siblings would pull rank and try to move you.  I was second in line so it was one of the tools I used.  If my brother tried to get my spot, I could tell him to go take a hike without too many repercussions.
However, if my mom came and told me to move, you better bet I did.  There was no argument, no fight-only compliance.  So why is it that we find ourselves wanting to argue with God when He tells us to move?  You know when you're in that comfy seat and you've already warmed it up and your body has formed that spot?  You're comfortable and you don't want to give your spot.  Then you ask the question that you think is going to make a difference..."Why can't he move?"  To which our mom would respond "Because I asked you to move."


That may be how it is in life.  Perhaps you are at the job you want to be  at, or the home you thought would be your lifetime home, or even the church you just love and God said "Move it."  Go!  I'm sure you just got up and went.  Not me.  Not gonna lie, I dug my heels in. That makes me human not obedient.  Some of you know the tricks "Why do I have to go, I have seniority" or "I was here first" or "Why can't you move so and so-I'm thriving."


It is easy for it to become about ME. I once had a work situation where personalities just did not mesh.  The ranks were equal but the personalities clashed.  Of course my first inclination was to say "Hey, I was here first!"  Rather than to allow this person to see Jesus in me, I became angry at the idea of having to work with this individual.  My superior would not listen and chalked it up to "competitive woman syndrome." When I lost that battle I went to God.  I first laid out my case saying "I have experience, I love this group, I have worked hard to get this unit where it is today" as if He didn't already know.  Then came the biggie-"Why don't you move her....take her out of my life" to which God responded "what if I move you?"  Uh uh that was not an option.  I needed someone to recognize that I was not the bad guy here, this was my territory!   I spoke to a friend who gave me the most poignant words.  She said:


"If God moves you instead of them, it might because God knows he can use you anywhere and He still has work to do on them."


Talk about humbling.  It becomes real when someone calls you on it.  How are you showing Jesus to that person by digging your heels in?  As difficult as it was for me to leave everything I lived for, everything I loved, I had to leave.  God had a different plan for me and I was resisting it. So when God calls you to move like he called Abraham to leave his country, even if you think you deserve better, don't argue, don't make your case to stay, don't fight...just move it!


The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you"...So Abram left as the Lord had told him.  Genesis 12:1,4
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord.  As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.  Isaiah 55:8-9