Last Minute

Well . . . 16 hours and we will be on the plane. I know we are in the the midst of last minute hectic packing. I am reminded tonight . . . and I was thinking about this last night . . . that we can't lose site of who God is and who we are in him.  Acts 17:22-28 is an awesome passage . . . in it Paul is reminding the men of Athens who God is and who we are in God.

So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I observe that you are very religious in all respects. "For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD ' Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His children.'

That one little verse in the midst of this powerful passage . . . "for in Him we live and move and exist." Pretty all encompassing . . . pretty awesome. A promise and challenge wrapped all in one.  "For in Him we live and move and exist" . . . leaves little room for anything else.