Busyness does not make you more valuable.

Written By @3130beloved

“Busyness does not make you more valuable.”
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I sighed with relief & deep praise when I heard this preached @realityla! It was life-giving, refreshing and a truth that washed completely over me because what a lie I totally fall for even now. Rather than celebrating success for other merely just to celebrate the work God does through His broken people, how quickly does that turn around to, “Gosh, they must be more valuable. God must favor them more than me.” Anyone else?

@_jessicachow 31:30 beloved


This season has been SO busy that I’ve grown blind to seeing God doing the work as I get buried under endless workloads + never ending activities + demands that only grow higher + missions that I overcommit to + all the extras. Busyness ravished me up into it’s tornado 🌪 of distractions to the point where my mind shut off and it became a, “just do and don’t think” lifestyle. Without strapping on my armor of God throughout each day, how easily and INSTANTLY I fell into this trap. I was so focussed on doing good that I left God out of it! I forgot to invite #TheLord in so needless to say I forgot to invite anyone else which turned all focus onto myself. Slowly I began losing the grip of eagerness for God. The full picture of His kingdom grew blurry as I decided to consume myself with the little things and the little problems. The Lord’s cosmic power & mighty sovereignty drifted from my mind as “I was too busy”.
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“Busyness doesn’t make you more valuable.” I can only laugh at how small I am when reading this. How there is nothing I do can add or take away to my value in Christ. Hallelujah!!
God made His covenant with me and with all of you so that means that His relationship and intimacy is personal and near. He isn’t separated from anything we do so despite my choice to break my vows to seek Him first, does that change who He is + has always been + will always be? Of course not.
I didn’t invite Him but does that mean He wasn’t with me + protecting me + covering me + redirecting my heart the entire time? Nope!
Does that mean The Lord forgot me, His vows to me, His covenant or His promises? Never, ever!
Does His greatness & eternal reckless love plow through all things to pursue us relentlessly? Best believe it!
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I still don’t feel 100% “alive in the spirit” but you know what the best part about this journey is? Never walking alone & being with a committed community. I found out last night in community group that it’s not just me but SO MANY OTHERS in this same battle right now. I’m sure many of you reading today can empathize as well. It’s not a one-by-one basis where one suffers & others don’t. We’re in this same battle together as #God brings the FULLNESS of #Christ into His ENTIRE BODY; we the #church! Amen?!🙏🏼

@3130beloved

I’ve always hated these, “Bio” or “About me” sections— so awkward.

But… after living 25 years lost in my agnostic world chasing my own fame, glory, comfort and will I was brought to my end. After the death of my mom, ending the most manipulative & emotionally abusive relationship, a lifestyle of drug addiction, 2 abortions, and finding myself empty while standing in the middle of what the world says is “bliss”… I reached the end of myself and the beginning of seeing Jesus’ light beaming down on me.

I met His Holy Spirit for the first time at a Halloween rave called, “Day of the Dead.” To this day, I still think this is one of the darkest places to be on our planet. I raved and popped pills to numb my pain, to avoid my fears and to suppress my sadness. I was in the middle of bobbing my head and raising my arms to the electro house music blasting in my ears when images of skeletons came on the TV monitors and the weak spirit within me has a knee-jerk reaction to put my arms down. “Whoa! I don’t worship that!”, I thought. “Wait, what do I know about worship?” Now looking back, there God was! The beginning of my site for Him.

A year later, I followed my brother (his good looking friend) to church (@realityLA). I don’t remember the sermon but I heard God for the first time when worship began singing, “Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders. Let me walk upon the waters wherever you would call me.”

I LOST my mind.

It was an overwhelming & LAVISHINGGG upon me of, "Hi precious girl. I see you. I know you. I’ve been here. I know your pain. I know your loss. I know you are lost. I know you’re angry, specifically with me because you lost your mom and you think your life is unredeemable but my beloved, I’ve been coming after you because you are mine.” I cried the hardest I’d ever cried in my life because my entire being just knew… This. Is. God. This. Is. The. Master. Of. The. Universe— and He wants me? Broken, selfish, ugly me?

I soon followed this good looking friend of my brothers to a community group. There is where I met the love of God through His people as they accepted me, fed me, welcomed me, and took me in as family despite my lifestyle that rebelled against everything they believed. One year later, I said, “Fine. I’ll follow until you fail just like everything else has.” Well… He hasn’t failed nor broken any promise yet. ;) My choice to accept Jesus as my Lord, savior and new identity has brought me more freedom than I could have ever fathomed. I didn’t know what I was living for or aiming at but God truly lit up every shadow, broke down every wall, shattered every lie and came after me.

Salvation belongs to the Lord.

As the world kicks and screams trying to shout their way to justice, peace and unity on their own terms right now, may the roots of our identity in Christ grow deeper each day together as one body; as one family.

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.

The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.”

https://3130beloved.com
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