spinning before the King

this mornings little nuggets from John:
      3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease!
      4:34 My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

How often do I set out to accomplish my work instead of being about the work of the Father! How often does His plan for my day get traded for my dreams and aspirations. It's not like I plan to make the trade...it's those little moments that sneak up on me when my flesh is weak....when my site is off the Father...that I am tempted to make the switch...tempted to play the hand on my own... tempted to live out "my will be done" but of course I would never say that...but is that what my life is reflecting? Oh that my life would always reflect "Thy will be done, Thy kingdom come" instead of choices reflecting a striving for a kingdom of my own.  So how do we do it? How do we keep our sights on His will, His kingdom while still being the unique individuals He created us to be....How do we live free without demanding that freedom?  We are free yet it's a limited freedom as it must fall in step with "Thy will be done, Thy Kingdom come"...so how do we walk that line, find that balance, find the place to dance wildly with the Father's face shining on us.  I have this picture of a little girl with golden locks just spinning, dancing, wildly among a field of grass and flowers and then she is called inside....she doesn't want to leave her carefree dancing in the wind but she cheerfully, obediently runs back inside for duty because that is what she has been called to do....yet she carries with her one small flower.... a flower that reminds her of the beauty, of the dancing, of that carefree moment, that freedom to simply be, and enjoy the presence of the King. Submission in marriage & motherhood often seems like that to me....yet I often forget to carry the small flower with me when I must go back inside and I don't pursue my duties cheerfully... that memory before the presence of the King, that spinning wildly, freely...it doesn't linger as it ought when I forget to carry that little flower with me....Oh that I would learn the art of taking a little nugget with me wherever I go so that WHATEVER i am doing, no matter how mundane, or how non-creative, non-dreamy, I am reminded and refreshed by that moment of freely dancing before my King.

Do you ever seek to fulfill your joy in what you do instead of in Christ alone? If so, follow me as I seek to find my satisfaction in Him instead of what I do for Him....