Do something, or do nothing?

Recently, I spoke to someone who asked me, "Isn't it better to do something, than do nothing?" The question struck me at the time, and I managed to utter a somewhat informative answer on my position on that. Later, I chastised my-self for not screaming, "NO, NEVER JUST DO SOMETHING!!"

Now, I know you can argue that....surely there are times when it is better to do something than to do nothing. If a child is running out into the street, and a car is coming, do you do nothing?? If your cat throws up on the carpet, do you do nothing? If you don't feel "called" to take out the trash, do you do nothing??

Let me give you my take on it. We are all born with innate talents and gifts. We develop experiences and family history's. We have passions....things we just love to do. Is it better to go through life just doing something? Or, do we only give what time we have to things that we are born to do. Obviously, like in the above paragraph, we spend a lot of our time doing a lot of things that we have to do, not want to do. Everyone has to wash dishes, change diapers, pay the bills....you get the picture.

But, what we do with the rest of our time determines the quality and character our life will take on. What about the dreams we have? What about the visions God has given us for ministry or how we want to raise our kids? Finding a place in the world to just do something is just like admitting that you have no vision, no dreams, and no guts.