so much JF, so little time...
i might be a nerd for getting a purpose driven life devotional every day (something the 40-50 year olds at church would enjoy), but john fischer just does a pretty good job.
he's no rob bell, but he's got some good material...
like today's
let me just highlight a few lines that really stood out to me...
"I will worship God today because it is good and right to do so."
[sets the tone for the whole thing]
"Everything else I do is extemporaneous."
"To worship God is the root of my being. To not worship is to miss the fundamental reason for my existence."
"feeling little and insignificant in His sight. That's part of worship too, because we are. That's why it is so amazing that He is mindful of us. That He even notices us. (Psalm 8)"
[that one blew me away]
"And because He loves us so much, and knows how far away we can stray from our stated purpose, and how much damage we can do to ourselves and others in the process, He has commanded us to worship Him. We are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength (Luke 10:27). That's not because He is arrogant, but because He knows us better than we know ourselves. He knows our fulfillment is in Him."
"there is no ultimate satisfaction until God is in His rightful place in our lives."
"Think of it as God commanding us to do what we were meant to do. God is commanding us to do the one thing that will make us deeply satisfied and forever fulfilled. That's a twist, because we're so used to laws being overbearing, backbreaking spoilers of our fun. This is a law that commands us to do what will be our delight for now and for eternity. "
ok, so i might as well just have copied and pasted the whole thing into this blog... big whoop, you wanna fight about it???
he's no rob bell, but he's got some good material...
like today's
let me just highlight a few lines that really stood out to me...
"I will worship God today because it is good and right to do so."
[sets the tone for the whole thing]
"Everything else I do is extemporaneous."
"To worship God is the root of my being. To not worship is to miss the fundamental reason for my existence."
"feeling little and insignificant in His sight. That's part of worship too, because we are. That's why it is so amazing that He is mindful of us. That He even notices us. (Psalm 8)"
[that one blew me away]
"And because He loves us so much, and knows how far away we can stray from our stated purpose, and how much damage we can do to ourselves and others in the process, He has commanded us to worship Him. We are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength (Luke 10:27). That's not because He is arrogant, but because He knows us better than we know ourselves. He knows our fulfillment is in Him."
"there is no ultimate satisfaction until God is in His rightful place in our lives."
"Think of it as God commanding us to do what we were meant to do. God is commanding us to do the one thing that will make us deeply satisfied and forever fulfilled. That's a twist, because we're so used to laws being overbearing, backbreaking spoilers of our fun. This is a law that commands us to do what will be our delight for now and for eternity. "
ok, so i might as well just have copied and pasted the whole thing into this blog... big whoop, you wanna fight about it???
yeah i do! come over to beantown and we'll take it outside...i kid...anyway bff, i miss ya'll Peorians, hope things are going well with you. and actually, i think the devotional was just what i needed to read in this precise moment...thanks for being used by the Lord.=0)
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