I am sure we have all heard the phrase "getting the cart before the horse". It refers to doing things backwards or doing the second thing first rather than the first thing first. We understand how silly and foolish (preposterous) it would be to try and get anywhere in such a configuration. First things first and then second things second.
The same foolishness might be said of our lives if we put doing ahead of being. Who we are, our identity, is not not what we do - our jobs, careers or activity - but rather our identity should be based on who's we are.
As followers of Jesus, our identity is based on Christ and His life. Paul states in Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
When I base my identity on my doing rather than my being, I run the risk of being foolish and greatly disappointed when the doing ceases.
When I focus on being with Christ and letting Him live His life through me, the doing will come natural. The Spirit of God will manifest Himself in and through my life to bring God glory and to do good to others.
Be whom God has created and called you to be and then the doing will following.
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