As I was driving to church this morning worshipping in my own little world; I became acutely aware that I really need Jesus to soften me, quite often actually. I don’t know about you but I have some pretty rough edges and I need a good sanding of the corners. The truth of the matter is I need a little softening in my life because I can be a bit harsh walking outside of grace. I don’t believe in “selling” Jesus, I don’t believe God needs me to “sell” anything for Him. I can only tell you what He has done for me in my life. In fact, I don’t believe in religion but relationship with the Lord, truth is I couldn’t sell anything to save my life… Because my brain is very much the dog on UP – you know the one “squirrel.” These paragraphs are just my random thoughts… My friend Sarah once told me her husband classified her as a “distracted driver” and I thought what in the world? I use the term frequently to describe my thought process now, I am a distracted “thinker.”
My late night read 2 Samuel 7 God says that He has been content to dwell and travel in a tent for many a year. This speaks volumes about the type of character God actually embodies. He is not a religious, too persnickety, type of God. How could He be traveling around in a tent for centuries? I don’t know about you but I always find comfort in these nuggets of insight. Why? Because there is a lot of incorrect stuff floating around out there that depicts God as something He is not. People mistake His holiness for snobbery but God is anything but a snob. He is trench worker, in the gutters with people trying to rescue them, there is no time for snobbery. Unfortunately, this perception of God keeps a lot of people away from Him and out of church.
But think about it for a minute here is the creator of the universe and He is content to dwell and travel in a tent and not for just one night but for centuries, incredible! I don’t know about you but that is the God I want to serve and be part of! Food for thought. Nite…