light bulb moment

Before coming to Washington to start the year all of us Anthem students were mailed a book called Leadership Paradox to read. It was about how leadership is really serving. It isn’t being high and mighty it is first being humble and lowest… Jesus said if anyone wants to be first, he/she must be last, and whoever wants to be great must be a servant( Matthew 20:26)…So basically, a great book, enlightening our minds with a bunch of really really good fundamentals of true leadership. But that’s not the point….a flash of memories flooded my brain totally randomly like rain in Hawaii, totally unexpected, passes through and leaves just as quickly as it came. I thought wow, I was reading this great book about all this great stuff, yet still sin was ruling in my life and heart. I was not living out what I was reading and from there I had a light bulb epiphany moment from these memories. This book of good Christian things didn’t change my life, it didn’t really sink in deep and change me…even though it was full of great values, lessons, stories, and nuggets. It added a bunch of good ideas and knowledge to my brain, but that was it…I continued in the sin I was living in at the time. And that is when I was reminded that the only thing that can really change anyone’s life for real is the Word of God, the Bible…written thousands of years ago. Why? Because it is alive which means it is still active today. All the books of good tips and lessons are dead compared to the Word. Every scripture is god breathed (2Timothy3:16). It goes deeper than the surface and cuts into every part of life. “For the word of god is living and active. Sharper than any double edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” Hebrews4:12. SWEET! no wonder my life has changed so much since ive moved here and REALLY gotten into the word.... Yes I’ve read lots of good books, including the Leadership Paradox, but my life has been truly shaped by the Word of God. It’s changed the way I walk, talk, breath, act, sleep, react, think, pray, listen, and everything else. Why? Because I’ve realized that I have a purpose in Jesus and I am not just living to take up space or oxygen. =)