Chapter 3: Interruption of Beautiful Randomness

Abandoned homes? Yeah, i'll save that for later. Coffee and the King are great this morning. Last night was a pretty thrilling night. Reformed University Fellowship, probably the best thing that ever hit the ole miss campus (Sorry Eli!), is where you would have found the fellow of randomness last night. Les, the RUF director, talked about adoption into God's family. God's children have security, assurance, intimacy, and most of all they have an inheritance. Can you imagine being a co-heir with Jesus (the man who came down from on high to be thrown on a cross by your sin and somehow rose from the dead)? Can you imagine actually being a heir of God himself?? The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords, The one who named the stars, the one who called the earth into motion, the freaking beginning and the end!! Is it possible that we could maybe inherit God himslef??? Something to ponder on! What is that feeling that keeps us longing for security? What is that feeling of wanting to be loved? What is that feeling of wanting to do the right thing but completely just doing the opposite? "Come to me!" -Jesus says. "Come follow me and i will give you the sweetest rest, but to follow me you must loose yourself." We crave that security and intimacy from something outside ourselves. Where will we turn to get it? The God who longs to be your father, or the things of this broken world. People that follow this completely random blog... this guy (me mr. random himself) wants you to know this world has nothing to offer when it becomes our security. Drinking, Sex, Talking about people simply for conversation sake, Money, Family, relationships, clothes, etc... I have been there. I still go there sometimes... They do not satisfy! I am going to scream that... THEY DO NOT SATISFY!!! They will not give you anything but a temporary satisfaction setting yourself up for failure, but only God can make that real to us. And when He does it is BEAUTIFUL. He will make you even feel Beautiful. Are we willing to let Him? Are we willing to die? (DIE???? Did he really just say that?) haha. No, i am not suggesting suicide for us random people. I am talking about the DEATH of our selfishness, Self, and Sin. Will we let God wake us up to that? Will we be willing to suffer a death like Jesus himself? To the literal random thinker... Nooo... we are not having a big crucifixion party this weekend. Nooo... we are not going to pull out the whips and beat each other for the sake of the Gospel. But what i am talking about is... Coming down from on high and actually realizing that our small little selves have to surrender our small little ways of satisfying ourselves! Are you really satisfied?? And even though we are so small and sooo broken... God himself knows everything about us. He made us. He holds your breath. But are willing to admit that we cant make it, and we NEED Him?? Something to think about! Something to maybe even Rejoice about it?? I think so. Now, what will it look like when we do surrender ourselves? Remember those abandoned houses? Come back to find out... Do you want to know? Are you curious? Philipians 3: 7-11... Did you read it?? Maybe it has a little to do with what I have been talking about. Romans 8: 12-25... is it true that we can be adopted by God himself? Maybe so... let God show you! Only He can awaken us. Have a rockin day full of crazy randomness. Sorry for the Chapter of Interruption... but maybe just maybe we needed this random interruption.