I got stared down in traffic the other day while rocking out to some Skillet on my iPod. Awake, good CD! Anyway… I’m certain that I looked ridiculous in traffic playing a crazy air guitar and drum solo. The truck next to me in traffic had two little girls and their Dad getting a good laugh at me rocking out in our minivan.
I’m sure you don’t look nearly as bizarre as me in traffic, but have you ever felt the same way? Like you were excited and passionate about something you felt God wanted you to do, but others were just getting a laugh at your enthusiasm? Or maybe you have something compelling that God has put on your heart, but you’re apprehensive of sharing it with someone else because you don’t think they would get it?
Truth is, you’re probably right. The reason? The same reason I look like a moron in traffic. The people in the other car can’t hear what I hear. And the people critical of your calling don’t hear what God is telling you to do either. If the people in traffic could hear what I was hearing, then maybe they would be moving like I was moving.
If God was telling other people the same thing He was telling you, then maybe they would share your enthusiasm.
But God didn’t tell them. He told you. It doesn’t have to get others excited. Just you. Don’t wait for other people to approve of God’s calling on your life before you obey. And pay no attention to those who don’t get it.
My response to the other people in the other lane, laughing at my traffic time rock-out? I smiled, waved, and kept jamming out.
The music was just too good to stop for the sake of the opinion of someone else.
Blessings,
John
What a tasty little nugget of insight! I had the same thing happen to me a while back, only it was five 40-something women on what looked like a girls night out who were laughing at me. I like how you point out that other couldn’t hear what you were listening to. Christianity is a message best lived out, not cranked up so loud that it makes others’ ears bleed. Rock out in your car (life) and let others look in, don’t shake their car (life) with your custom stereo system – unless you want everyone to hate you and your song (God).