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Been a week in Tulsa...helped lead our night school to do some ministering, experienced two significant thefts, bought a house, reconnected to an old friend from 17 years back thats wanting to be apart of what God's doing in Tulsa, bout to drive back 12 hours to get back home to my oldest two kids...sitting here...with the full gambit of emotion...
Questioning myself, wondering i I am making a foolish choice. We are 6 weeks away from up rooting 12 years of relationships and work to move my family 800 miles away. Stepping away from consistent pay, proximity to friends, in environment and culture that likes me, all to follow after this often intangible Jesus character. The emotions seem to be running a muck...
In the pity of my emotion it's the question of what will have the loudest voice. Not tomorrow, just today. Ill square of with tomorrow...tomorrow. As for today, whose gonna win the day?
The unknown of the horizon has a voice. One that is daunting, generally degrading, but has rarely holding serve in my soul. Historically, Ive been able to call it what is and let it know I'm coming. Another is the voice of the why from those around me. Rarely, communicated, always from people that care about me, always wondering if Austin has lost his rocker this time. Will this be the year, the year that the Man of God gets exposed. Where the faithfulness of God is proved to be lacking to the conventional wisdom of the American dream and twisted theology...everything in me wants to appeal to this voice...take control of it and show them...only problem is I follow a King, that is His job...And that King does what He wants. But will I follow Him today?
The last voice is of course the voice of that King. Clear. Kind. Invitational to this other Kingdom. In the Church universe we call it the Kingdom of Heaven, Jesus refers to it as such, but its unlike a Kingdom we would describe. It's more just the presence of the King. Peaceful, powerful, and empowering to let you choose the voice you want.
The weight of my pitiful emotional moment of woah is me...what wins the day?
I find myself back to the Lord's Prayer.
"Give me my daily bread today Father, Lead me not into temptation today, enable your Kingdom to flow to earth today..."
And I sit and wait on Him.
My King is bigger than I expect, more powerful than I have experienced, and I am beyond the point of return in my life. His way is best for me, His timing is perfect, and His leadership is wholistic. In my emotion I choose to feast on His goodness and mercy.
Join me today. Maybe you are not on the cusp of a life altering decision, but you do have a choice of what voice wins the day today. Live on the cusp of the Kingdom today. Its better than you think
Matthew 6.9-13
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Mark 4 on tap for my soul
Reading proverbs 17.3 this morning. My hearts motives will get put out before the Lord to be judged...someday? Sure sure we will all stand before a judgement seat - in the meantime we exist in the today.
Just how much do we really want our motives to be seen and known? To a degree, we can add some churchy language to situations in our lives and make everything seem dandy - try and manage or control the externals around us so that people around us have the idea that we have great lives. And we will all see just how long we can hold that up...
But really whats the driver in your soul. And how will that end? Is it monies? health? reputation? Trying to work out the grind of life so that I feel secure, satisfying my internal need for whatever the thing is.
A free heart has no need for external validation, no need to be proven, it experiences the fire of life and is out on display come what may. Its proof of trust in a God that is in control.
Check proverbs 17.3
Then check out Phil 2. ...
a pretty good indicator of your thoughts and attitudes getting the day going.
That first thing, first word could be to a family member, a text, an email, a co worker, the coffee barista...irregardless take a moment and look at it.
Most of us, myself included have some sort of routine greeting informed by our experiences, culture, friends around us - its generally trite, creating minimal connection, and continues us on our day.
My invitation is to spend that moment with intention and allow Hebrews 3:1-14 to guide you. That first word could be so much more...
The author is giving a recount of the Israelites allowing their hardness to be. He runs the hardening through the redemption of hope in Christ, and then challenges us to understand we are no different than the Israelites apart from Christ.
And then verse 13...the solid therefore. take a moment and read it.
The exhortation is not a trite you can do it, but a calling of the reminder of the hope in the Cross, the person of Jesus, the ...
