Unplug
There's a subtle lesson I'm slowly beginning to learn. Start your day in scripture and the rest of your day will follow you. Start your day in the world, in your email inbox, on your phone or social media and you're the follower!
Today, we started in a very well-known passage. Peter has just confessed Jesus as the Messiah but his understanding of what that means led to one of Jesus' sharpest rebukes in the Bible: "Get behind me Satan". Even the reader, and certainly Petere, might stagger in bewilderment at such a harsh response. After all, Peter was only looking out for the best interest of his Messiah. But his interest was in his world view.
Jesus did not leave us hanging. But it may still leave us puzzling. Jesus said: "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
It's interesting that you tend to see the things you're focusing on. I know, that sounds circular, but it goes deeper than it sounds. In a world of a million distractions, your eyes rest on where your brain is. That's why starting the day with scripture is so important. It will connect with your day if you simply let it.
Today is no different and I wanted to share where my mind focused and how that related back to the passage that I was reading. Let the spirit be your guide! If you do that, you're in for some amazing discoveries. And so, on with the podcast.
Here's the video that inspired this episode: Video: I’ll Prove It - THE SIMULATION IS REAL
