Quackers Question Number 1

If you could only do one of these, which would completely exclude the other which would you do?

• Pray
• Read the bible

It might seem contrived and ridiculous (both are great), but the question remains.

Obey

"Obey". So often I don't; yet it's so much better if I do.

I've recently enjoyed seeing reflections of the gospel in every day life, but sometimes the gift isn't accepted. The offer of a biscuit or sweet to someone you know (or don't know) is a reflection of the gospel. Something undeserved, something good for free. Yet some people reject the offer.

I don't want to miss an opportunity to display a reflection of or infact the full gospel to people who don't see it; as I think about it now there are little opportunities dying everyday. I'm reminded of a passage a friend of mine quotes regularly.

[...] for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Romans 10:12-16 (ESV)

Why not read some more of Romans? I will.

Recommend just One

This is where I recommend one person to follow on twitter, and one blog to subscribe to.

Blog: Christ the Truth

Twitter: Rick Warren

The reason is simple. They point me to God and to the bible.

If you only follow one person on Twitter, or read one blog, I'd recommend these.

Experience...

Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!"

And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"

As Piper writes, "Mission exists because worship does not."
But missionaries exist because worship does.

"Missional" will always be a program or a buzzword if you have not experienced the power of the gospel in your own life. The deeper it has exploded in your heart, the more confident in its fruitfulness you will be.

Gospel Driven Church - Isaiah and Gospel Wakefulness

So why not look at God now?