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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 forgiveness of our sins.
Invitation to apply that to your morning thoughts, attitudes and human connections. How could our greetings, turn from trite passing by's into exhortations of the glory of salvation.
It may be awkward at first, but it enables and empowers a soft tender heart.
We all have the ability to morph into Christ, or into culture around us...
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Be vigorous and aware of your connection to heaven
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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. ...
Colossians 2.6-7
Paul makes this exhortation, because we have received Jesus, continue in it...
The skill of continuing in something, or putting your hand to something for a long period of time requires some internal setting of your heart. Desire if you will. It's wildly celebrated in our culture. When someone comes to the end of a long journey of discipline and produces something of great skill or beauty. We as a society are in awe.
At any given moment there are hundreds of things vying to take up your attention, focus, time, energy. You, me, any of us can spend our day, time focus on whatever we really want. It's a spending of your heart or desire on that thing. Spending in one place, at the cost of another...
It's a limited supply. You can't spend your heart on everything.
In the day of marketing, information at your finger tips, what is it that you want to set your desire to in a continual fashion?
Paul is making this exhortation in Colossians to continue in Christ, being built up...
