The Monkey Business Illusion

Times in France are wonderful. Following up that incredible run the Lord has slowly stirred things up in the midst of this place. I always have a hard time understanding what is it that makes this place ( Europe) so unique to me or although i hate the word "spiritual".

Yesterday while cruising through the internet on my computer box i found this article and it was about how we as humans are unaware of a lot of things around us. Essentially through research and a clever video this scientist man did an experiment and the outcome showed that because you are busy looking for something else you miss a giant gorilla passing across the room...crazy. The result of the experiment clearly showed how little we notice. A second video was made and its even crazier how much we miss when we think we know what we are looking for ( the gorilla ). This video made me somewhat upset... in my head i claimed " i want to see the gorilla , i dont want to miss the gorilla in the room!!".

But the reality is that we all miss the gorilla in the room. This place is not more spiritual or closer to a place where God dwells. I believe here , it is just a little easier to spot the gorilla. I have not used a cell phone in the last 11 days , i havent constantly logged on to facebook and my ipod has been used to the sole purpose of listening to music about Jesus. I also am not in college, worrying about grades, assignments, being entertained, television and all that america offers me ( not a negative note ). Here things are simpler. I have replaced tv for prayer on the beach , cell phone texting to talking about Gods faithfulness , video games for actual exercise like running by the ocean. Life isnt more spiritual here , it is just simply more noticeable. It is easier to notice life . I wondered then if what we call our daily routines are simply a parallel image to that video, that we decide to keep counting how many bounces are being done and we watch the white players move back and forward and eventually we miss it.... we miss the big thing .... we miss the big picture and the big picture here folks is Jesus. Instantly that thought i had in my head earlier was  re-phrased , this time louder and a little more desperate
" I DONT WANT TO MISS JESUS IN THE ROOM!!!"

I kept rewinding the video before the end so i could know what i had missed. I watched it a couple of times just so i could absorb everything , so i could pick up all the elements i had missed, what had changed or when exactly it happened. I wanted to know how to spot the gorilla and everything else around it. Much alike walking with Christ it takes practice... it will take practice to know the things of Him and all that he has to offer. I have been learning that Jesus in His never ending glory is more than a bible and a poor prayer ... He is everything. Jesus came and lived and died not that we can be short sighted of the life that He has for us , He came to give us life to the full!! Life in everything with Him. God is more than a gorilla in the room , he is everything , he is life to the full , he is all the elements in that room and we are missing it... i dont want to miss it. I want to embrace all that the creator has made ... i dont want these things to go un-noticed. I want to see what Abba has made for me and delight in it.


Jesus let me see.