Chad Lewis’ Blog

This past Thursday and Friday, I got to go hang out with a friend in Nashville to pick his brain about music stuff and to get some good counsel. Matthew Perryman Jones is one of the most gifted musicians I have ever been around and the rawness of his realness nourishes my soul.

As we talked about dreams and visions, he said that his mentor constantly reminds him of the following idea. It is so easy to get frustrated in our daily life because we see where we want to be in the future, but we can’t get there. The vision or dream might be great and even planted by God, but we can’t just magically appear at the end. It may seem too overwhelming to imagine the process to actually achieve the goal.

So what do we do? How can we overcome? Do we just quit or stay frustrated? The answer that resounds in our hearts is simple - we live today. The way we get to God’s desired goal for our lives (and the main goal is intimacy with Christ and a life the glorifies God)is achieved by living today.

If I desire to have a thriving ministry to reach out to the brokenhearted, what do I do? Well, today, I write a blog entry. Today is all I have.

I want to record more music and play all over the world while sharing the story of God’s redemptive purposes in suffering and to let people know they are not alone. How do I accomplish that? Well, today I simply work on one song I’m trying to make flow better and ponder different ways to communicate the theme.

If I long for marriage and have someone I am building a relationship with, what do I do today? Today, I simply try trust God with her heart and do my best to live in the now and work on being patient.

You get the idea. I need to be reminded of this daily for we only have the contents of today to work with. We only can seek God today and do that which He puts before us.

So if you’re frustrated with your plot in life, seek God and see what you should do today. And then meditate Ecc. 9:10 and do that thing with all your might while relying on the strength of God in your weakness.

Many blessings,
Chad

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