Sometimes I don’t understand God’s ways or His timing.
I don’t understand His will.
I don’t get the way that things are happening.
But I know that His fundamental characteristic is that He is good.
He is faithful.
He is loving.
He is sovereign.
And right now? That’s all I need to know…
1 Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave. 2 And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. 3 And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. 4 The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men. 5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. 6 He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. 7 Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.” 8 And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples. 9 And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him. (Matthew 28:1-8)
This morning, I am excited to serve a Living God. I have a Savior who died for my sin, but defeated the grave so that I can have new life. I am called a “daughter” because Christ as redeemed me from a state of sin. Our God planned that moment from the beginning of eternity, longing to be in a relationship with the created.
I am excited to worship this Savior this morning.
I might have posted this before, but I was reminded of this song. Everything rides on hope right now…
Addison Road – Hope Now music video from Jay Rogers on Vimeo.
I’m grateful for a God who shows us what love really means…
I distinctly remember a day that I was walking our dog Pippin and having this thought…
Am I living as a part-time Christian?
And then I realized that I didn’t like that idea. The idea that this faith hadn’t consumed me. It scared me, honestly. But it’s easy to get there. I’ve been a Christian most of my life. There’s definitely an auto-pilot mode that we can fall into. It’s easy to just “go through the motions.”
But I didn’t want that sort of life.
And then, a few months later, God spoke to me so clearly about the direction He had for my life if I was willing to be “all in.”
So I’m all in. I’m not going through the motions anymore.
Beyond Inspired 