“We are a group of people addicted to and obsessed with the work of the Kingdom, with little to no idea how to be with the king.” Mike Breen @ http://mikebreen.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/why-the-missional-movement-will-fail/
Hat tip to Daniel Adkinson @ http://anglican1000.org/?/main/page/477
Wow. This is the fundamental reason to enter into a season of considering our blessings and considering how we, as God's people in the world, are called to be a blessing. We spend so much time doing and rarely spend time with the one for whom we think we are doing. What He wants first is ... well... us. That is why He calls us to be a blessing as we are blessed.
But what is the basis of that calling? Is it to simply try harder? Or is it something different. Might it perhaps begin with... repentance? Not repentance as in the sense of wailing and lamentation... but something... perhaps deeper... something like what Dallas Willard calls "thinking about our thinking" ---- real self reflection--- not navel gazing but real reflection in the light of God's Word.
As I was reading the assigned Psalm --- Psalm 63 the song God You Are My God Poured into my mind... Step by step... He leads me... and I do pray that I will follow Him all of my days.
Knowing that God's face is shining on me because of the finished work of Christ I can know that God loves me and is FOR me.
Knowing that God is keeping me today I knew that I could not really be emotionally, spiritually or even physically harmed in any way that truly matters by anyone in this world.
Since God's name is branded on my heart ... I can know that the God of the universe owns me!
Good day 2.
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