Today’s motivation comes from Andy Mineo’s song “You Can’t Stop Me”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Xdx98pyWc
In particular this section here
They try to shut us down, and it ain’t gon’ slide
Only thing I fear is God and he on my side
That’s the confidence of God, cause he got me
That’s why I really feel like
You can’t stop me
Yep
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31 ESV
This morning I feel like I have played the distraction game since the ‘opening bell’. Focus is what I am desiring, and so I stopped and examined a few thoughts like this
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Proverbs 4:25 ESV
and
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. Colossians 3:2 ESV
They sort of clear the haze, so to speak.
Yesterday was Duran Duran Appreciation Day.
That must explain why I was so anxious all day long.
And yet, I am not even sure why this would bother me at all. Maybe, it was just the Super Moon?
Anyway, Duran Duran makes me think of three four things.
1. I guy I used to work with who we called ‘The Reflex’ because of his awesome Duran Duran style hair cut. (yes, this was like two years ago.)
2. Rio.
3. A cassette tape I borrowed from a classmate in the spring of my senior year of high school, which I still have, and still have not been able to return.
and wolves – hungry ones.
Interestingly enough, the Lord used an analogy about wolves when he sent out his workers into the country side to spread his message in Luke 10.
3 Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
This has always been a confusing piece of scripture for me. The application today seems hard to draw, especially the part later in the chapter about kicking the dust off your sandals. However, I think we can assume that as followers of the Christ, we should take a similar mindset as those 72 in Luke 10. As we go out into the world, we are to be like lambs in the midst of wolves. Not like wolves in the midst of lambs. Think about how that might change your interaction with the people you meet today.
Oh yeah!!! It’s Finally Friday!
I can’t believe it’s been 4 years since I pulled that old song out. May I need some new material. Of course, I do spend a lot of time in an old book! An old book that provides tons of new insight like this part of Psalm 116. Later down than the part shared earlier in the week.
Truly I am your servant, Lord;
I serve you just as my mother did;
you have freed me from my chains. Ps 116:16
See, just like George Jones says, we are free again!
Sometimes it’s good to remember where you come from, and how you arrived at this place. It keeps you connected with the big picture.
7 Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Genesis 2:7 (NASB)