It’s not a sit-still life.

Nothing productive happens when one is passive.

I would say 95% of all successful endeavors have reached the level of success because of vision, effort and exercise.

When passivity enters into a business….or a relationship….. slow down and failure are soon to follow.

It’s not a sit-still life.

Rest is important.
And temporary.
And short-lived.

Life is not a sit-still thing.

Faith is not a sit still thing.

If you possess It….
It will lead you to get up
and ACT on It.

Like the book of JAMES said….
“Faith without works…is dead”.

Show me someone who possesses true faith and I will show you a person of vision, effort and exercise.

Nothing you care about is a sit-still thing.

Marriage is a good example.

The ceremony is beautiful,
it can be costly
and is a great deal of fun.

But after the Vows
and the reception
and the honeymoon…

if one party gets passive,
the other party will grow increasingly irritated and the relationship will fade.

On the honeymoon itself…
if one party is passive,
the other party will be less than pleased.

The tuxedo, the dress, the rings,
the words expressed and the intimacy ….
are merely the beginnings.

If one party says that they are
now “married” and that’s it….
It will be not last long.

If you love someone…
you ACT on that love.

Inaction does not reveal love….
it involves vision, effort, exercise.

Love is not a sit-still thing.

That’s one problem with some
belief systems.

The ceremony of baby dedication
is beautiful and enriching and is
a truly religious experience in some
churches.

However,
if the parents believe that the baby is then “taken care of” spiritually…
then there can be the occasion where the parents are, or grow passive about the spiritual life of the infant/ adolescent/ child.

This spiritual passivity can lead to their own spiritual stagnation…. and if the parents remain spiritually dormant ….
the child will he raised on a level that is lower than the commitment the initial ceremony called for.

Spirituality is not a sit-still thing.

Try to live a spiritual life by only saying a few words,
attending Church once in a while,
and by never reading the Scriptures,
and by never seeking a closeness to
the One Who inspired those Scriptures…

and…
just like the marriage
that will slowly fail,
the passive spiritual life will grow dry and brittle
and will lack the intensity of love
and will fade into unimportance.

It requires vision,
effort and exercise.

If a Church gets or grows passive…
it will slowly die.

The Pastor and the congregants will need to act on vision with effort and exercise.

If a family gets or grows passive because of any reason…
the love will fade and the relationship suffers a slow death.

Never fall into the trap of the
sit-still existence.

In business,
you have to intentionally
“launch out”
once in a while to stay engaged.

In marriage,
you have to stay actively pursuant
of each other….
to continually grow the relationship.

On an individual spiritual level…
what is needed is the submission to be conformed to be like Christ with the vision laid down
in the Scriptures,
and the effort and exercise to purge ourselves from the old life.

That will not be achieved with a
sit-still attitude.

The sit-still life is like a plant or flower you might give someone.

If all one does is give the flower…
it is beautiful
and will remain attractive
for a short period.

If the flower is not tended to,
not watered,
not planted,
and left merely to itself…

the beauty fades
the petals fall
the stem bends and withers

and what was once beautiful
is now ugly and dead.

It must be actively and intentionally cared for,
attention and time must be given
and steps taken to nurture its growth.

Successful life is intentional

Successful life is purposed.

It’s not a sit-still thing.