Is the good news of Jesus Christ really as good in your mind as it was in the mind of Jesus? God’s dream for humanity is far more amazing than most of us realize. He wants to “marry” us, to invite us into his family and walk in radical love with us. 
Is the good news of Jesus Christ really as good in your mind as it was in the mind of Jesus? God’s dream for humanity is far more amazing than most of us realize. He wants to “marry” us, to invite us into his family and walk in radical love with us.
Topics: Covenant, Faithfulness, Salvation
"Thank you for this ministry! It has transformed my life in some really radical ways. God has broken down so many barriers and exposed so many lies that have taken some serious burdens from my heart. It has given me hope, freedom and purpose I never could have imagined possible."
– Jenny, from Wisconsin
I love the opening line: “…following Jesus is not about arriving at the right destination but about journeying toward a new future with the Spirit.”
A little over a year ago, the company where I had worked for the last 5 1/2 years eliminated my position, and thus far I’ve been unsuccessful at finding a new job. So with so much time on my hands now, I sometimes wake up in the morning wondering why I should even get out of bed.
But, when it feels like there is nothing to really look forward to and I tell Him that, I catch the glimmer in His eye, I remember Who it is I get to walk with for the day, and I get the feeling that getting up is like running toward a lover, someone who’s been watching me sleep and is eager for me to wake up to tell me a secret, to show me something new. There is always enough energy, enough reason, enough hope for THAT!
In a lot of ways, I feel like a kid again on an epic adventure as I live out these days that are so shrouded in mystery! I love that he surprises me, that answers don’t come as I expect (that would be kind of boring I think). And, I’m learning to trust His heart, His hand and to rest. Maybe this is exactly what’s on His agenda for the day.
…”Small steps in a consistent manner”….
I tend to be the “big leap of faith” girl. I can make big sweeping decisions to reform myself like nobody’s business…the problem is that it’s been me trying to reform myself. Me trying to change. me! me! me!
I am experiencing moments, now, not lightning and thunder events, but sprinkles of being given the grace to take care of myself, of listening when others talk, of giving them the space to talk, of connecting over achieving, and realizing that the connection I was looking for in the achieving was right there infront of me and I already have it.
I just needed to slow down enough for it to come to me, and rest, like a butterfly, for a moment. A small step. Not a big, huge leap. A beautifully small, and courageous step. Towards my Savior…and on my path, feeling the footing, beneath my feet. Small steps. Small glorious steps/
Scott hit the nail on the head. You can tell he has a full relationship with the Lord because he speaks from that perspective as he shares his faith. For all the “type A” personalities, this is a good exhortation to slow down and notice what beauty lies around you. The beauty is not at some imaginery finish line, but along the path and sometimes just off the path in places never traveled. Thanks for the reflection Scott.
Maybe the Kingdom of God is…at hand? Within you? Near? Wasn’t this Jesus’ teaching two thousand years ago?
The Kingdom of God is not a place, it’s a practice.
Its first Person–the Son of God–birthed it by dying and rising again, vanquishing sin and death. He struck a deathblow at the kingdom of darkness. So we practise God’s kingdom by aggresively attacking the kingdom of darkness–not the people we believe to be living there there (we can’t judge hearts), for our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the powers, the principalities and the principles (or lack thereof) that form the toxic spiritual atmosphere of that kingdom.
Faced with the all-pervading nothing that ‘existed’ before creation, God said, ‘Let there be light.’ When we come across poverty, we say, ‘Let there be light’ by sharing what we have. When we come across injustice, we practise, not justice, but mercy. When we come across sorrow, we practise comfort. Where we see self-indulgence, we practise self-sacrifice. Where we come across sin (as we understand it given our limited comprehension) we practise not judgment but the gospel and love. From the beginning, we have been working (rather, God has been working) to establish heaven on earth. Trying to ‘go to heaven’ is a very noble thing, but you can’t ‘go’ there without first ‘being’ there. Paradox? Yup. The kingdom of God is at hand, folks.
Didn’t mean to preach, folks.
The article, and the comments that follow it–just beautiful
Absolutely LOVE that music! Especially the flute and mandolin… all of it is soul melting!
I appreciated the whole message, but the part that most deeply touched me was Seth’s vulnerability about how he was feeling in the present moment–wanting people to appreciate his talk so he could feel valued. Such a good message about how much God loves us–as much as he loves Jesus. Thanks, Seth, you blessed me beyond measure by helping me see how God wants us all to be one–and to be his spotless bride.