Before I write anything, I want to say that I'm sorry that I haven't been a part of this blog yet. But I am still really excited join you all.
Part of the simplicity chapter that really bounced out at me, something that I believe that I need to practice here on this very blog, is on page 93. "Obey Jesus' instructions about plain, honest speech...Reject jargon and abstract speculation whose purpose is to obscure and impress rather than to illuminate and inform". There are a lot of you on this blog that I see as such Godly people, people that I really look up to. So, I fear a tendency to try to make myself sound good enough to be an admin member. So rather than impress I'm gonna do my best to speak with simplicity.
Page 80 "...our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things". At first glance I found it easy to see his suggestions as "give up possessions, give up money, give up what people think of you". But far too often I forget what I'm getting. I feel like the giver, when God is in fact ALWAYS THE GIVER. I am constantly blessed with gifts from my heavenly father, so much so that a lot of times I don't realize it. Focusing on getting rid of things of this world is exhausting, but when you seek first HIM, it's not. Because it isn't those things that are bad, but rather the taking away from the father. So why give generously? Why surrender addiction causing things? Because I get Jesus.
And instead of worrying of what might happen, I have to remember who God is. He is the God who split the red sea. He took down Goliath with a little man. He covered the earth in water. He had a guy get eaten by a whale, and emerge alive. He took sinners and called them his treasure.
If anything keeps me from the one who gives life, why keep it?
Tyler, you don't need that, you need ME.
Seek first the kingdom. All else comes after.
Tyler! Thank you for your honesty and humility, another confirmation for me of God's calling on your life this summer! I was very encouraged by your post and was reminded that I only need Jesus. I also loved the part about a guy getting eaten by a whale! The way you wrote that made me laugh out loud.
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Tyler, I was reminded of this song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=301S7NgAkLs
ReplyDelete"So why should I worry?
Why do I freak out?
God knows what I need!
You know what I need!"
"Because I get Jesus." - Tyler Moore
Thanks for sharing (and encouraging) brother!
-Mike
The guy eaten by a whale was my favorite part.
ReplyDeleteHe answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah." Mathew 12:39.
ReplyDeleteSign of Jonah. I'm a big fan. (Hurts like being in the belly of the beast for three days though.) - Jesus