3:33pm

I find myself looking at the clock at 3:33 in the afternoon almost every day. I thought it would be interesting to google 3:33pm and see what some thoughts are about it. I found all sorts of interesting things. For example:

333 is the ultimate spiritual decision number

The Sun’s mass is 333k times that of the earth

333 means Transition, Change, Travel

333 is increasingly associated with the year 2012 and the completion of current Mayan Maktun, marking the beginning of the 4th world according to the Popol Vuh.

333 means To Awake(physically or spiritually)

Apparently there are a lot of different ways to interpret 3:33pm but I sort of want someone to tell me what it means. I want to believe the astrology web sites that say that I am entering a transition, or change, or better yet that I am going to be awakened spiritually or physically. I wish I could wake up more physically for sure. Coffee just doesn’t cut it anymore.

What is it about the fortune cookies, astrology pages, or palm reading stuff?Why do we obsess over the future? I must admit that I think about it at least two or three times a day. Even recently I’ve been obsessed with the idea of starting up my own business. I want to be free to do my own thing. I want to be free to reach my potential.

Psalm 37:23 says that the “steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord”. I enjoy this promise because it removes the pressure of having to figure it out on my own, or even from an astrology book. Frances Roberts, who I seem to be reading a lot of lately, puts it this way…

My child, hear My voice, and give no heed to the voice of the stranger. My paths are straght, and they are narrow, but you shall have no difficulty in finding them if you watch Me. I am guiding you. You need not look to people for direction. You may learn much by followship with the saints, but never allow any to take the role that is rightfully Mine-to direct your steps. As it is written, “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord”-not by the preacher, not by some Christian worker, but by the Lord.

Trust Me to do it, and give Me the time and the opportunity to do it. Be not hasty, and lean not upon your own intelligence.

Rest in Me. I shall bring to pass My perfect will in your life as you believe and live in faith.

The first few books of the New Testament in the Bible tell about Jesus’ ministry on earth and how he challenged the first disciples to follow him. For some of the first, Simon and Andrew, Jesus found them at their fishing jobs, and tells them to leave their nets and follow him. I want to believe that it was just that easy, and yet I know there was a lot more of a back story. What else did they have to “leave” in order to follow.

I know that following Jesus isn’t always a vocational reality. But I wish so badly that Jesus would just walk in the door of my work and say “Brad, come on, let’s go.” It just seems like the disciples didn’t have much to worry about. I would worry about all of my belongings in my house, my car, my bills, etc. I wonder what details Simon and Andrew just left. I wonder if I would really just up and leave.

I want to be ready to leave my current pursuits of life at a moments notice.

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