Upgrade ready...

I have been wondering and thinking about what I should blog about since I didn’t write yesterday. Things at work have been different and right now I don’t feel like there has been much to talk about in regards to what I am doing but I promise that will come eventually as I get more involved with things and things start to pick up. But in the mean time, what has God been showing and revealing to me? That’s what I want to focus on for this blog post.

I titled this as upgrade ready for a few reasons. I have recently had to have my work laptop upgraded and worked on. I needed to be able to get to some documents that I was not previously able to get to on the computer so most of today, my computer was being upgraded. I also had a notice on my phone saying that it had some software updates and needed to be upgraded as well. So, you may be asking, why are you talking about a computer and a phone? And that’s a reasonable response to this post right now.

However, with the upgrades being done it makes me think about how God sees us and what He’s doing in our lives… In my life.  I have been in Texas for a little over a month now and it makes me wonder, what is God doing and what does He have planned for me. There are times at work where I am left wondering why it is that God brought me here, with this organization, and with the people I work with. (Let me stop right there, I absolutely enjoy the people I work with and the organization that I am partnering with even in the times that I am frustrated and not understanding why things are happening so I just wanted to make that clear. I honestly don’t think that I would trade where I am at, who I am working with, and the organization I am partnering with…)

So, back to the “upgrades”, you see, just like a phone and a computer needs to be upgraded and changed, so to does our lives. We have to continue maturing in Christ and changing who we are. God leads us into different seasons of our lives and there will be times that we need to change our mindsets and just let God take over. Just like we are in charge of upgrading our electronics, so to is God in charge of upgrading His people. God will give us the things we need in order to do what He calls us to do however, it may take time, just like upgrading our electronics take time.

After an electronic is upgraded, it needs to be turned off and restarted. Sometimes I think that we need to be turned off and restarted as well. We need to have our thinking, our mind set, our expectations, our plans, and so forth turned off and restated to line up with what God has for us. We need to take a break and step back and truly see what God is trying to teach us in the midst of things rather than be non-stop and busy all the time. Just as we might sometimes think that our electronics are good to go since they have been upgraded, there will always be a new upgrade to com. Same is true with our Christian walk, we may think that we are good to go to later find out that God is calling us to something else or is wanting to lead us somewhere else. We may end up finding out that our thinking is wrong, our motives are wrong, our plans and expectations are wrong after getting on track with God’s plan. However, things can change in a second and we may find ourselves having to upgrade and realign with God.

I feel like that’s how things have been for me since I have been in Texas. I came in with specific expectations and perceptions and since I have been here, I have had to rely on God every day and try to see what it is that He is doing and why He brought me here. I am having to upgrade my expectations and perceptions to align with what God’s intentions are. I am being reminded that I am needing to be turned off, my expectations, my perceptions, etc are needing to be turned off and be restarted since they were not originally right. Now, I am needing to try to figure out what God has for me, why I am here, etc and upgrade to His level of things rather than be a step behind and in the old phase of this journey.

Sometimes, it’s irritating and takes time to make the needed upgrades and it’s not always an easy task. The same is true with our lives. It may not be an easy adjustment to follow God’s plan and guidance and it may be irritating since things don’t go the way we expect or as fast as we hoped for. But with each new upgrade, the closer we get to Christ and the more we get in line with who He has made us. It may not be fun, easy, fast, or simple but it is important to have the upgrades done and to be in dialogue and contact with God’s plan and why the upgrades are needed.

So, what is God needing to upgrade in your life? Is there apart of you that needs to be turned off and restated as new? How do you see your life like our technology and all the upgrades and old software?