MIA KOEHNE
  • HOME PAGE
  • About
  • SCHEDULE
  • Mia at Your Event
    • The Ministry
    • Listen & Watch
    • Promotional Materials
  • Email / Contact
  • Mia's Blog
  • Store
  • Event Photos
  • Resources
    • 2023 Reflection Videos
    • Minute With Mia
  • HOME PAGE
  • About
  • SCHEDULE
  • Mia at Your Event
    • The Ministry
    • Listen & Watch
    • Promotional Materials
  • Email / Contact
  • Mia's Blog
  • Store
  • Event Photos
  • Resources
    • 2023 Reflection Videos
    • Minute With Mia
MIA KOEHNE

I'm So Over it!

8/20/2019

2 Comments

 
Picture

​I met a man yesterday who was very good at his job. He was knowledgeable, friendly and could answer all my questions that I had when I came to get service from their business. I love when people do their job well, whatever job it is, glamorous or not. I know on several occasions places like McDonalds get a bad wrap, but when I have gone there and people do their job well I am always pleased. 

But yesterday, this worker seemed to want to let me and several other people know that he wasn't JUST a front office worker, he felt the need to let me know that he had multiple houses, lots of stuff to put in said houses, several Mac computers and how much he paid for them, 4 iPhones...and the list went on. Honestly, I don't know how we even got there!

I'm not sure if it was to impress me and his new co-workers, but it was very clear that he wanted to boast about all his "stuff." But here is the thing, the more he boasted, the more distracted I was, the more unimpressed I became, the more I couldn't wait till the job I came in for was done and I could go home. 

Too often, we (I'm putting myself in this category) feel the need to list the things we have, the accomplishments we have attained, how hectic our lives are all in an attempt to maybe make ourselves feel better as we compare our lives to those around us. What the heck-it's crazy, right? Or we think our jobs aren't as great as others, we think everyone else is looking down at us and judging what we don't have, so we puff up our chests creating an environment where it's hard to breath... do we dare exhale and let people see us as we are?

People, I am so over it. I'm not impressed. The fancy job titles, the exstensive list of "ministries" one is a part of, the perfect house, the latest phone... It doesn't impress me. Does it impress you? Don't get me wrong, there is NOTHING wrong with these things, but when we allow them to dictate our worth as humans, it's nauseating. 

I have been stuck in 1 Corinthians to the point of tears. I tried to turn the page and God just said, "Sit here, with me." So I did. 

"Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: 'Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.'” 1 Corinthians 1:26-30

The only boasting that is of any value is boasting in the Lord. It's not about our titles, where we drive off to each day, how much money we bring home, it's about being willing to speak the Gospel of Jesus Christ, dare I say the Gospel of Love to those around us. There is no need for lights, no need for a microphone, just a surrendered heart that is willing to know NOTHING except Jesus Christ and Him crucified and is willing to speak that truth even if one speaks it with trembling and fear because they are enabled to do so by the power of God.

"And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power." - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
SIMPLY, SPEAK - Don't hesitate
SPEAK SIMPLY  - Don't distract
If you want to add a ministry to your "job title" how about this? Add the ministry of simply loving people. My friends, I love you in the Lord! And more importantly, He Loves You and sent His son, Jesus, to die so that you could live in Love eternally.
2 Comments
Kim Quinn
8/22/2019 02:47:33 pm

This passage challenges me in another way. How do I see others? If our boasting is only in Christ, be that in ministry or McDonalds, how then am I any better than anyone else? So the volunteer that stuffs bulletins is just as pleasing to God as is the Pastor, because they are following His call. Take it out of the church realm. My husband, unfortunately, has been in the hospital many times. He makes it a point to speak to anyone who comes into his room to do something for him. Someone asked me why he does that. I simply told them each person is part of making a hospital work. The janitor keeps things clean so infections don't spread. Do you want your surgeon doing that? No it's not his job. Equal value different roles.

Reply
Mia Koehne
8/22/2019 05:22:29 pm

Kim, Thanks for sharing your thoughts and where you were challenged. Yes, indeed all of us are valuable! - Mia

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    RSS Feed

    The Blog

    A collection of writings from a life based on the truth that about midnight anything can happen.
    Acts 16:25

    ​Paul and Silas, as they prayed and sang hymns to God, saw chains come loose.

    Today, we still see God doing the same thing in response to our prayers and praise and because of His great love for us.


    Picture

    Author

    As an imperfect servant of the Lord, I often feel I am fumbling my way through life, looking upward for guidance and outward to love. So, I write about it, to break up the noise in my head. 


    Email / Blog List

    * indicates required

    Categories

    All
    Addictions
    Adoption
    Advent
    Believe
    Be Still
    Bible
    Birthday
    Bold
    Celebrate Recovery
    Change
    Children
    Christianity
    Christmas
    Comfort
    Community
    Compassion
    Courage
    Daughters
    Death
    Depression
    Easter
    Evangelism
    Exercise
    Faith
    Family
    Fear
    Forgiveness
    Foster Care
    Friendship
    Frozen
    Gentleness
    Gospel
    Grace
    Great Commision
    Healing
    Health
    Health & Fitness
    Hiking
    Holidays
    Holiness
    Home
    Hope
    Humility
    Humor
    Joanna Weaver
    Joy
    Kindness
    Loss
    Love
    Loving Others
    Marriage
    Mary
    Mary Did You Know
    Mending The Soul
    Ministry
    Missions
    Motherhood
    Music
    Musician
    Music Industry
    New Release Tuesday
    New Year
    Obedience
    Oswald Chambers
    Parenting
    Patience
    Peace
    Perfection
    Prayer
    Procrastination
    Rest
    Sanctification
    Serving
    Stress
    Struggle
    Thankfulness
    Transformation
    Trinity
    Trust
    Twitter
    Urgency
    Vocation
    Workout
    Worship
    Worship Leading
    Wrath Of God


    Archives

    July 2022
    October 2021
    April 2021
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    February 2020
    November 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    November 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012

Copyright Mia Koehne Music LLC © 2015