Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Angelic


I ran across this mural on a side of a building in the Greenville area of Dallas so I took a couple of shots.

Sunday, August 14, 2005

Stewarding our authority

God gives his children impartations of grace that enable them to serve others. Authority happens when we under the Holy Spirits guidance use what God has given us to serve Him and others. It is not our authority, it is His. We are to steward well the grace given us. God is challenging me and our community to use what He has given us faithfully. We can never assume that our lives don't make a big difference.

Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 1 Peter 1:13

Girding up has the picture of tying tightly the belt around a flowing garment so the person can run or exert themselves. And then being sober is the opposite of being drunk. Being drunk is the loss of control. Being sober is giving control to God and being at peace. So we are rolling up our sleeves, giving full control to God, and then resting all our hope and expectations on Him (Jesus) alone.

What a great reminder for me. Peter was talking to people who had left their home and were foreigners in other places. They were people of transition. They began to taste what it meant to be strangers and aliens in this world. And Peter was encouraging them not to lose focus, but to put their weight in Christ.