Resistance

"A measure of the degree to which an object opposes an electric current through it", this is one of the definitions for the word resistance.  In today's society, this word can mean an underground movement or opposition to someone or some government in power.  In my meditations recently, I have been contemplating this word in regards to something a bit different.  An earlier post was focused on listening to the call of God regarding what we were created for.  Our calling so to speak.

In that post, it was more about being able to truly listen to that quiet voice of God that exists within us.  My spiritual practices have opened me up to hearing the message, but how do I move past resisting the direction it is leading me.  Remember when you were young and your mom called out from the back porch that dinner was ready.  However, you weren't ready for dinner, so you kept playing pretending not to hear the call.  That is a passive form of resistance.

What is it that keeps so many of us from doing what we truly long to do?  Why is there always a naysayer within that keeps us from following the call.  Like water running downhill, we tend to follow the path of least resistance.  We choose that which allows us to merely survive rather than thrive. Resistance arises from the depths of our minds, our cultural upbringing, the preference for what we know versus the adventure of the unknown.  How do we get past or around this resistance?

For me, it has to be faith and hope that gets me through, and maybe that is the way to go.  Through the resistance rather than around.  Along with the call to do what we were meant to do comes the limitations that go along with it.  Many of these limitations are in regard to our wants and desires. Physical or material comforts. Things that get in the way of what we truly need!  In order to move through these, we have to come to accept these limitations.  By accepting these through a grieving process, we will be able to see the real blessings that God is trying to give us.

Do you want to just survive, or would you rather thrive?  Lose the resistance to that deep inner voice of God.  Follow His voice and thrive!