March 10, 2010
Luke 5
Mike Schwiebert
The amygdala, or “lizard brain” as some call it, is the brain’s region that controls our base motivation and emotional behavior. Scientists say that the amygdala acts as a resistor, often through fear. It keeps us quiet when we disagree, or from finishing projects that make us vulnerable to criticism.
The people that I admire have silenced this resistor, moved into uncharted, creative territory…and changed the world.
In Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?, Seth Godin challenges us to overcome “lizard brain” resistance by:
- Being impatient with the status quo
- Not copying someone else’s tactics
- Doing something new
Resistance to change could be holding us back from experiencing more of God!
Don’t miss this revelation from the wineskin parable: inexperience is a prerequisite for fresh wine. If you want a fresh outpouring, you must be a new wineskin - a novice. (see Jesus’ parable in verses 36-39)
My encouragement:
- Be adventurous in your pursuit of Jesus.
- Drop your nets and follow Him.
- You don’t have to have it figured out. In fact, it only works if you don’t.
- Step out in faith and try something new. Only then, when you are lacking experience and completely out of your depth, have you met the conditions for new wine.
Media Director Mike Schwiebert’s favorite scripture passage is Ephesians 1:18-19 - “I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.”
