the mindset of Jesus

i've been struggling lately with motivation. laziness. i often will have more free time than i'd prefer and find myself stuck in a rut unable to accomplish anything. it's not like i don't know what to do. i'm full of great ideas. i plan. i make lists. i know what i'm going to do down to the last detail...and still i sit and just think about it and don't actually do it.

where is the disconnect?

in a conversation today i was talking with someone and i said that i felt like my heart and my flesh were so separate. almost as if they were working against each other. the person compared my heart and my flesh to my mind and my feelings.

Phil 2 talks about taking on the mindset of Jesus

(if you're not sure what exactly it says...go look it up. for real.)

When Jesus was praying in the garden of gethsemane, what was he feeling? he was freaking out. he was anxious to the point of sweating blood b.e.g.g.i.n.g the Father to please not send him to the cross. he was human after all! but what did he do? he went. because he knew in his mind it was what needed to be done. ultimately it was the mind of Christ that sent him to the cross and not his feelings.

so how do i take on the mindset of Jesus?

i think it starts with separating my mind from my feelings. while feelings are not bad and do serve a great purpose in life, sometimes they need to be pushed aside so that the task to which one is called can be accomplished. and if that means one is called to clean the bathroom or to whatever other unpleasant task, it means trying to mimic the mindset of Jesus and push the the human feelings and just do it.