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for Today, One Thing: As most of you know I have always been a big fan
of Rich Mullins' music and writings. The man spoke plain truth that
many others are unwilling to speak. I learned from him that if someone
asks you to pray for them, do it right then. When an attendee at a
concert would ask him to pray for them, he would pray right then because
he couldn't promise he would remember to later. So, when one of you
asks for prayer, I pray right then. The honesty in Rich's songs were
straight from scripture, but were written in a way that spoke, and still
speaks, to the everyday man that struggles with the world crowding in.
He didn't gloss over the reality of our sinful nature, he was honest
about weakness. One of his songs was titled "One Thing." "Who have I
in heaven, but You, Jesus? What better could I hope to find down here on
earth? I could cross the most distant reaches of this world, but I'd
just be wasting my time, cause I'm cer
tain
already, I'm sure I'd find You're my one thing." Are you always
looking for that one thing more that you think will bring you happiness
or satisfaction? Try subtracting instead of adding to your life. As
another part of the song says, "Save me from those things that might
distract me. Please take them away and purify my heart. I don't want to
lose the eternal for the things that are passing. Cause what will I
have when the world is gone?" The stuff of earth is not worth the
things of heaven. Take a rest and stop striving. Strip away the
ambition and goals, and rest at the Savior's feet. Be refreshed in Him,
and I believe you will discover He is enough. He is the One Thing you
can't live without. "Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none
upon the earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart fail;
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
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