I love you,
Lord,
my strength.
The Lord is my rock,
my fortress
and my deliverer;
Psalm 18:1-2 NIV
A rock is a high place, a place of safety, a place of perspective.
Why do we need a place of safety?
Because we're in a battle.
Why do we need a different perspective?
Sometimes we're so buried in activity, in doing, in life, in the battle, that we lose sight of the bigger picture.
We lose sight of God's Big Story
Creation
Redemption
Restoration
He says take a breather, come up to this high place, this rock that is Me, and regain perspective.
Remember who I AM
That I AM with you
Take another look at the battle from up here - it's already won!
That's where your hope rests.
The battle is on.
We're in it
But it's already won.
#perspective
#psalms
#psalm18
#hope
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
Comments
Post a Comment