doing for others is where you discover what faith is all about

​It's 330 in the morning. And I'm getting ready to head out the door here shortly for a little walking challenge today, so I have to keep this short.

But really, there's not a lot that needs to be said about Goff's devotion today.

Early in my spiritual journey, I was consumed with learning all I had to know about Jesus. What are the requirements? Just give me the company policies and procedures, please - what do I have to do to stay in the Jesus club?

It was like going through orientation at a new job. This is boring and is it ever going to end.....

Then one day, and I don't know exactly what triggered the change, but one day I just got less interested in what Jesus said and started wanting to do more of what Jesus did.

Bob Goff says, Jesus "was all about doing things for widows and orphans, not becoming informed about them."

There's something that happens when you start doing things for widows and orphans, and that is, you want to keep doing things for widows and orphans. There's something magical that happens when you break free of the emotional forces in life that keep you imprisoned by desires to tend to yourself at all costs, and escape to a place of tending to others.

At all costs.

I've found that doing for others is where you discover what faith is all about. I think sometimes we think the bible is about honoring and obeying all that Jesus said. There's truth in there. But for me, the bible more often explains why I want to do more of the things Jesus did.

I'm not selfless. Trust me - far from it. I'm a work in progress. But when I start feeling the misery that so often accompanies being self-absorbed, I try to find stuff to do for someone else. And every time, the misery disappears.

And these days, it's not about wanting to learn more about my faith, it's all about wanting to experience more of it.