Reckoning myself rescued
Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. ⏤ Psalm 116:7
Death surrounds me: violence, hatred, dishonesty, pride, arrogance. Into this world I was born. And from its patterns I have been rescued. I will reckon myself an observer of this death, not its participant. I dwell in a consulate, an outpost of eternal life on the edges of Sheol. There’s a Welcome mat at the door.
“You Motivated Me”
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. — Col. 3:17
I was halfway into my first mile when a young women waved me down. I walked over and she said, “I see you running a lot. You motivated me. I’ve lost fifty pounds.”
What a nice surprise! (It wasn’t my intention.)
We might assume Paul is telling the Colossians to be strategic with what they say and do. But what if he’s just encouraging them to faithfully bear God’s name all the time? Just live this way. Naturally. Genuinely. And then watch what happens. They will experience more eternal life. And perhaps an onlooker will be motivated to encounter it too.
It would be just like him
The God of the Bible looks like Jesus, the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being. It would be just like him to go to the cross.
It would be just like him to go to the cross. The God of the Bible is a gathering God. A difference-crossing God. A forgiving, cleansing, and reconciling God. A friend-making God. A healing, restoring, and sanctifying God. The God of the Bible looks like Jesus, the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being. (Heb. 1:3)
I and the Father are one. (John 10:30)
Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. (John 14:9)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)
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The God of the Bible looks like Jesus, the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being. It would be just like him to go to the cross.