Who Are You?

A viewing of The Manchurian Candidate this afternoon leaves me pondering over our own identities and the voices that call us to action. (I will not be giving any of the movie, so don't worry!) One way of defining ourselves is to look inward and observe which voices that call out to us actually move us to action. Motives are difficult to discern at times. Sometimes we are in denial of our true motives because we do not want to admit their impurity. Most of the time when we are motivated to do something good, there is a payoff in it. There are very few totally selfless deeds. Letting Jesus become the key voice of our conscience is a matter of both discipleship and Holy Spirit power. What voices are we listening to in our lives? We live in a virtual atmosphere of gods, each with his or her alluring call ... and we are attracted to them all. We reject idolatry while indulging our habitual sins. In doing so we are even fake to ourselves. The decision to follow Jesus is not a matter of getting to worship services, as much as it is a matter of living a worshipful life. The Holy Spirit empowers us for dynamic faithful living ... but we cannot both resist and embrace the Spirit. Maybe there's more I need to write about this ... would love to hear your thoughts.