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I recently “stumbled” across a treasure trove of wisdom in the short text of Psalm 131: "Lord, my heart is not haughty, Nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me. Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, Like a weaned child with his mother; Like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in the Lord From this time forth and forever."

Have you heard the phrase “saved and being saved?” The concept is that, by receiving the gift of faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you were in a single moment fully and finally declared righteous and saved from the penalty of your sin unto eternal life in Christ. Then, by that same faith in Jesus Christ, you are being saved on an ongoing basis every single day from the chains of sin, pride, fear, doubt, etc. that had previously enslaved you.

In Romans 12:1-2, Paul passes along a divine exhortation: “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

I was pierced while reading in Luke 14 this morning. I don’t have all the answers to this piercing yet, but rather invite you to meditate along with me. The question I’m asking myself is, as we fellowship among our Body at Grace, be it in groups, or huddles, or discipleship and prayer over coffee, who do we invite, and why?

I have a frustrating tendency to put myself at the middle of the universe in my own mind even though I know intellectually how silly that is. It’s not intentional. Rather, when I let my mind meander in default mode, without being alert, sober-minded and discerning, I typically end up thinking like a humanist (with me being the human).