Hearing the Good Shepherd's voice through the valley of the shadow of death

Culture Point - DISCIPLINE....
(I Cor. 10:26) - “The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it.”  When you realize that everything that you use or have is an undeserved gift from a gracious creator your countenance more clearly reflects joy, gratitude, and generosity.   Focusing on the fullness of your creator is a daily discipline.  The more you focus on your creator’s fullness, the more you perceive your own emptiness.  As the creator fills the secret, empty recesses of your soul your countenance reflects the creator’s fullness.  Leaders and followers are desperately seeking those who carry on them the fragrance of Christ. So why do so few seem to wear the person of Christ like a garment or perfume?  The challenge is that the fullness of your creator is not something that you acquire.  It is freely and extravagantly given.   What lacks is the discipline and resolve to commune intimately with the creator’s abundance. 

May we discipline ourselves in such a way that we focus on the fullness of the Good Shepherd this week and commune intimately with His abundance.  With camp now being postponed, it could be easy to lose discipline and not follow the Good Shepherd.  I pray more now than ever we hear the Good Shepherd's voice and follow Him through this valley.