Re-Position Yourself

This morning we looked at the story of Simeon and Anna in Luke 2:21-38.
Of the many beautiful facets of this story to explore I focused on this angle: Both of them had positioned themselves to encounter God. They went out of their way to be where God was going to show up.

As we move into 2009 I think it's a good question to ask ourselves: how will you position yourself to encounter God this year?
Have you been wanting to get more involved in worship?
Re-position yourself.
Have you wanted to know the bible better?
Re-position yourself.
Have you wanted closer friendships with some other folks from Connections?
Re-position yourself.

Do you want closer relationships with your family? With your neighbors? Have you been thinking about volunteering at church? Have you been thinking about volunteering with another community service or outreach? Have you wanted to take better care of your health this year? Have you wanted to get control over your finances...

Re-position yourself.

All of these, and many more, are ways we can grow in our relationship with God and re-position ourselves to encounter Him more this year.

Robin and I have been working on how we will re-position ourselves financially this year in order to give more, save more and spend less.

What are you going to do to re-position yourself in 2009? Let me know.

PS. I just did a Google image search to find a graphic to go with this post and found out TD Jakes has a book called "Reposition Yourself." Looks like once again I'm not original.