Little Things About God

God’s tenderness and compassion avalanche upon us from the peaks of his steadfast love and mercy. In this lab, Pastor John reminds us that God’s grace is amazing because God himself is. 

I can recall the very day and hour when first I received those truths [the doctrine of election] in my own soul — when they were, as John Bunyan says, burnt into my heart as with a hot iron, and I can recollect how I felt that I had grown on a sudden from a babe into a man — that I had made progress in Scriptural knowledge, through having found, once for all, that clue to the truth of God.

The war is over turn around Lay your weapons on the ground The smoke is fading before the light The dead are coming back to life He has made a way for us Born for glory out of dust Children held within the arms of Peace He has made a way for all Mercy waits where sinners fall He is our Victory The war is over His love has come To call us daughters and sons No longer orphans without a home We have found where we belong

Though these interruptions are unexpected and catch me off guard, they do not catch God off guard. They are not random, meaningless events. In fact, these interruptions are divinely placed in my path for a reason. God uses these interruptions to change me to be more like Christ.

No one likes to be told to be patient. However, it is a Fruit of the Spirit. So how does patience really help us as Christians? What does biblical patience look like? And why might it be the most significant of any Fruit of the Spirit thus far. 

If the most important thing about you is what you think about when you think about God, then the second most important thing about you (in my opinion) is what God thinks about when God thinks about you.

In this lab, Pastor John reminds us that wisdom is not something for the academic elite but rather it’s for everyone who desires to follow God and live a joy-filled life.