What Are You Doing Here?

Randy Harris, professor at ACU and well-known lectureship speaker was at Southern Hills Church this past weekend. He led our shepherds and ministerial staff Saturday in a leadership discussion and stayed with us to teach a Bible class and preach on Sunday. I would like to share some of his thoughts.

He led us in Bible class to where Elijah had just defeated the prophets of Baal and Asherah (850 preachers), but now he was on the run in fear for his life. God comes to him and asks, “what are you doing here?”

A powerful question causing Elijah to look at his life and why he does what he does. Randy left us with these four thoughts:

1. I will be incompetent today – competent people don’t need a savior.
2. I will be fully present to the people before me and to God. I will not be consumed about the past or the future and live for God ministering to people in the present.
3. I will be Christ today. I will try to be the best example of Christ to my world this day.
4. I will see Christ today. I will look for him. I will pursue him.

Randy says that he gets up every day and uses these four principles to guide his day. He said, “If I don’t do anything else the rest of my life, I will look back and be glad I did. I agree – to live with these principles will not only give us a full life, but one that God will bless now and eternally.
Thanks Randy!