Turn It Off Now !

Don’t you feel there are days when you just flip a switch and put yourself in ‘automatic’ mode? Your days are filled with routines that are so well travelled that you hardly think about them; get up, make tea, get the kids to school, go to work, go to the supermarket, come home. It all works quite well. ‘Automatic’ mode keeps us moving at a well-oiled and efficient pace.

There are so many times in our lives when we feel we’re operating with precision. But ‘automatic’ mode can make itself known at other levels as well; in our relationships, in our thought processes, even in our spiritual and political decisions. We pretend to think and pretend to reason, and then we make a blind leap and defend our ‘decisions’ and ‘choices’ to the death.

For too much of our lives, we just go through the motions, with all the action on the outside and nothing on the inside, which is where informed choice is supposed to come from.

Our relationship with Christ is challenging us to do much more than just simply go through the motions. ‘Automatic’ prevents us from being in touch with others, as well as with ourselves. Just think back to the last time you saw a homeless person or knew of someone whose life was in crisis. It’s easier to block it from your mind, isn’t it? Getting involved denies you the safety of running in ‘automatic.’

First, removing yourself from this mechanical mode requires that you make a commitment to love your neighbour as yourself. Opening up will bring more clarity to your life and in your relationship with God.

And focusing on the journey, rather than just the destination, will take you places you’ve never dreamed.

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