I do not speak because I have need, for I have learned in whatever state I am to be content.
So I sat here at my computer for quite a while asking the Lord to show me what He wants me to write about - reading through some verses, chapters and posts from others. Over the past few weeks I knew I was going to write soon, so I thought about what I could possibly write about. Things would happen and I would immediately see God’s fingerprints are all over whatever happened and thought maybe I could write about that. Then the memory does what it’s very good at: forgets things. This age thing I’m going through is not really a welcomed journey. To feel like I’m 20 and have trouble getting out of the car. How can I be ok with that?
So where I’m going with this is that I’m going to share a few things I heard over the past few days and share the importance of how those little things I picked up on affected me.
The first one was from Saturday night at worship rehearsal when we played a song just to loosen up: “Rock of Ages.” Wow, did that do it. But I was singing along on this one, “There is no rock, There is no god like our God.” AMEN! Purely a reminder that pursuing God and getting to know him better should be our top goal each day. I’ll be humming that song all week.
The second one was when I heard someone say, “Sounds like Peter when he sunk in the water.” Well, that discussion was all about feeling distant from God. It’s so true, when one’s heart drifts from following Christ and goes after things the heart desires, sinking starts to occur. Remember, Peter cried out to Jesus, but it was Jesus who reached out to Peter.
The third was when I was driving to work and listening to a Vlog where the commentator was discussing the prosperity theology with a pastor and how it is exactly opposite of what Paul says in Philippians, “I have learned in whatever state I am to be content.” Content. The dictionary says it’s the state of being satisfied. I went to a thesaurus and was really surprised that the opposite of content is a whole bunch of negativities. Not one semi-positive word was given.
As I sat here thinking about something to write, the experiences of the past few days that came to mind shed light on something pretty powerful. I’m confident that if I wasn’t following the Lord that I would not have had these reminders of Biblical truths. In other words, If I was living in my own power, I would have missed everything above. There’s an importance to being around our church family and others who are following Christ, around family who loves us and guides us.
Press in to see those God-moments. He really wants us to see them.
And I’m content with 30 minute drive to work - that’s two Vlogs or better yet, 3-4 chapters of the Bible.
I hope you have a great day!
—Brian Rainey
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