Hipster Coffee Break

     Right now I am sitting in a coffee shop reading Oswald Chambers and writing my blog. Oh, and I'm also wearing Toms and a V-neck. I feel way too much like a Christian hipster right now. Sorry world, I forgot Passion isn't until January...

     It has been emphasized so much to me lately (probably not a coincidence) how my relationship with God is not a one way experience.

Fact: God has an overabundance of love for me.
Fact: Because I am a slave to sin, God sent His Son in human flesh to be a sacrifice for my         redemption and so that I may have life through the resurrection of Christ.
Fact: Because of this act of Love, I am now a slave to righteousness and am free from death.

     But here's the thing. I can't just be thankful for all of this and take it like I deserve it. I must return that love through constant service to the King. And by constantly seeking God and spending time with Him, I am able to serve Him by having a Christ-like mind and desire, to run towards God and His plan for me. I guess I feel I've been too content with the actions of my sinful flesh. I know grace and forgiveness are coming my way, so I sit back and wait for that satisfaction. But my God deserves more than a luke-warm attitude towards sin. I should HATE sin. And while I should run from sin, I should have a stronger desire to simply run towards God.

     Through satisfaction with God, I will have dissatisfaction with my sinful nature.

     "You cannot do anything for your salvation, but you must do something to manifest it, you must work out what God has worked in." -Oswald Chambers