Mike Edmisten Follower of Jesus. Husband of Nicki. Father of Ryan & Brock. Communicator of the Word.

Blisters

I played bass guitar in our worship band on Sunday.  I used to play bass every week, but as our worship band has grown, I've been able to transition out of the band and focus solely on preaching. (A move for which I am very grateful!)

But I still fill in from time to time when a band member is out of town, needs a break, etc.  I jumped in on bass Sunday when Dane, our regular bassist, was out of town.  And I'm wearing the blister to prove it.

When I was playing bass weekly, I didn't get blisters. But now that I rarely play anymore, the callouses on my fingers are gone…hence a rather painful blister.  The blister is a reminder that, although I know how to play a guitar, I rarely do it anymore.

We cause ourselves an incredible amount of avoidable pain when we know how to do something, but we rarely do it.

We know that reading our Bible consistently is how we discover God's will for our lives…but we allow busyness to overtake us and we rarely crack open our Bible.

We know that serving is a requirement of following Jesus…but we allow ourselves to buy into our culture's belief that being served is way better than serving.

We know that our kids desperately need uniterrupted time with us…but we convince ourselves that we're just too tired from a long day at work to play with the kids.  We'll do it tomorrow…but tomorrow rarely comes.

We understand that God needs to be first in our finances…but with the shape that the economy is in, we convince ourselves that a tithe is just too much to ask.

When we know what God has called us to do and we ignore that calling, we shouldn't be surprised when something painful happens in our lives.

That happens when you know how to do something, but you rarely do it.