They Became What They Worshiped (2021 Remix)

Posted on July 7, 2026 by Pete

According to the inspired songwriter this morning, you become what you worship.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
       the work of human hands.
They have mouths, but do not speak;
       they have eyes, but do not see;
they have ears, but do not hear,
       nor is there any breath in their mouths.
Those who make them become like them,
       so do all who trust in them.

(Psalm 135:15-18 ESV)

Precious metals fashioned by human hands. They are attractive. They do nothing. They gleam in the light. But they are lifeless. They have mouths, eyes, and ears. But they are without senses. They look fine. But they have no hope of flourishing. Build them, invest in them, pursue them, trust in them — become like them.

You become what you worship.

Bad news for those who worship idols and inanimate objects. Bad news for those who worship any created thing. But really, really good news for those who worship the Creator.

I’m reminded of that as I also started into Thessalonians this morning.

For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

(1Thessalonians 1:9-10 ESV)

They turned from idols to serve the living and true God. They cashed in the gold and silver of earth for an inheritance in heaven. Rather than servicing things created by their own hands, they waited on the One who created all things and promised to return one day. They believed the promise. They trusted in the Promiser. And they become what they worshiped.

They became imitators of the Lord (1:6). Examples for other believers (1:7) in faith, love, and hope (1:3). To see them in action was to see Jesus in action. To hear their heart, understand their ambitions, and comprehend what compelled them was to know something of the heart, ambitions, and purposes of the One they worshiped. They became what they worshiped.

So do we.

Yeah, I know it often seems like two steps forward one step back. But, having entered the dynamic of transformation through worship, we can rest in the promise that He who has turned us to Himself, who has begun a good work in us, will make us like unto Himself and complete the work (Php. 1:6).

By His grace. For His glory.

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More In Tune

Posted on July 6, 2026 by Pete

I’ve mentioned before that this year I’ve added a “bonus reading” to my morning plan, Dane Ortlund’s devotional on the Psalms, In the Lord I Take Refuge. This morning, his thoughts on Psalm 133 have given me something to chew on.

Behold, how good and pleasant it is
       when brothers dwell in unity!     (Psalm 133:1 ESV)

Pretty well-known verse. Pretty amazing assertion of what is good and pleasant in the eyes of God, “for there the LORD has commanded the blessing” (v.3b).

But, pretty elusive, if we’re honest with ourselves. For, according to Ortlund, the joy of “real unity” is “to know and to be known by others, to enjoy a shared heart in some endeavor, to sense the deep resonance of oneness that comes from loving and being loved . . . when all divisiveness, strife, and harsh agreement” melt away.

Not unity because there is unanimity — complete agreement on everything. Nor unity as a facade for surface level uniformity — where our oneness is a “mile wide” only because we refuse to go beyond “an inch deep” with others. But unity which is founded upon our union with Christ, so that just as we abide in Him in oneness, we too abide with our brothers and sisters in oneness. As Ortlund puts it, a “unity that comes from the Lord — that is, not from pursuing unity itself but from pursuing God.”

Ortlund then quotes Tozer:

Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So, one hundred worshipers met together, each one looking to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be were they to become “unity” conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship. (The Pursuit of God, A.W. Tozer)

As we grow in maturity, being conformed to the likeness of Christ — becoming more like Jesus — shouldn’t we also be growing in the freedom of openly and transparently and safely being comfortable with the uniqueness of one another?

More authentic? More gracious? More in tune?

I’m thinkin’ . . .

Only by His grace. Always for His glory.

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A Whole Heart, A Single Mind

Posted on July 1, 2026 by Pete

I’m no soldier.

I never marched in an infantry or rode in a cavalry. I’ve never shot any artillery nor flown over the enemy. But . . .

Can you finish it?

I’m in the Lord’s army . . . Yes sir! (click here and check this out if you have no idea what I’m talking about)

So, what’s with the Sunday School flashback this morning? 1 Chronicles 12 of course!

I’m reading this morning about “the men who came to David” (12:1). Mighty men. Fighting men. Soldiers’ soldiers.

They were men of valor from every tribe, pledging their allegiance to David the king.

For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.

All these, men of war, arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with a whole heart to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David king.

(1Chronicles 12:22, 38 ESV)

With a whole heart . . . of a single mind . . . That’s what I’m chewing on this morning.

Like I said, I’m no soldier. Your not gonna find me wearing a “Mighty Man of Valor” t-shirt. But I’m in the Lord’s army. Yes sir!

By God’s grace and through the Spirit’s awakening I’ve come to the greater David, Jesus, the King of kings. Thus, I too am part of a great army, like an army of God.

And while I may not be much of a soldier (no marching, riding, shooting, or flying), how I desire to come each day with a whole heart and be of a single mind to own afresh this greater David as king.

To have a holy determination to wholly be His. To be focused this day on being faithful for another day.

Not for my own purposes, but for His. Not wanting to build my own kingdom, but wanting to be part of building His.

Not by my own power, but only through His.

Only by His grace.

Only for His glory.

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Holding Fast to the Head

Posted on June 30, 2026 by Pete

While we know that it’s what we believe that counts, how wired are we to frequently follow-up by asking the question, “Yeah, but what shall I do?” Pretty wired, I’m thinking. The Colossians too, it would seem.

These believers in Jesus were in danger of being taken “captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition” (Col. 2:8) as they sought to figure out how to live for Jesus. There were those who would tell them it was about “food and drink” and about how they observed festivals, new moons, and Sabbaths (2:16). That it was also about self-denial, and supernatural experience (2:18). But at the end of the day, says Paul, no “to do” list, or “to don’t” list, was up to “stopping the indulgence of the flesh” (2:23) — nothing the flesh could do could stop whatever the flesh might want. Bottom line? “Self-made religion” (2:23), based on “human precepts and teachings” (2:22), were of “no value” (2:23).

Instead, what mattered the most is what these false proclaimers of piousness valued the least.

Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

(Colossians 2:18-19 ESV)

Holding fast to the Head . . . that’s what I’m chewing on this morning . . . that’s what brings about a growth that is from God.

If we are not holding fast to the Head, then holiness is wholly on us. Thus, we need to be preoccupied with the details of our diet, the ways of our worship, and the correctness of our calendars in order to have any hope of measuring up. If rather than holding fast to the Head, we are self-reliant for righteousness, then we must “bow and scrape” (MSG) in hopes that our self-sacrifices will be sufficient. Without holding fast to the Head in order to not indulge the flesh, then we’re left to constantly trying to “check the boxes” in order to have any expectation of winning the prize when we finish the race.

But, if we are holding fast to the Head, then we rest in our union with Christ for our victory over the flesh. For the traditions concerning what we eat, where we celebrate, and what holy days we keep are just “a shadow of things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ” (2:17) — and because we are in Him, that substance is already ours. Our concern is not with how disciplined we can be in punishing the flesh, for we have already been baptized into Christ’s death so that, “just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life” (Rom. 6:3-4). And so, we rest in the reality that whatever “to do” list is put before us, Christ has already “to done” it — it is finished!

Holding fast to the Head, as a member of His body. Abiding in the Vine (Jn. 15:5), as a branch bought by the blood. No longer living life on my own because I know that Christ lives in me, “and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Gal. 2:20). So that, just as “in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell” (1:19), I also can know that fullness because I “have been filled in Him” (2:10).

While there are certainly “to do’s” in the Christian life, my doing is founded in, and fueled by, the daily, mind-blowing truth of who I am in Christ. And my greatest “to do” is holding fast to the Head. Laying hold with a tight, two-fisted grip, of Him who has already laid hold of me.

By His grace. For His glory.

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Extreme Giving (2011 Remix)

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Pete

Kind of interesting to go back and read the following thoughts when, for many today, tithes are no longer given through the taking of a weekly offering, but more likely through the automated execution of a recurring online transaction. At our church, we’ve relatively recently decided to address that reality — the reality that online giving has, for most in our congregation, created a disconnect between our gathering and our generosity. So, because 90% of us are now giving through an app, we have added to our Sunday morning liturgy a time to pause, reflect, and thank God for the joy of generosity. Good move, I think.

As I noodle on these thoughts from 15 years ago, I’m grateful that we’ve taken a small step towards fostering the thrill of “extreme giving.”

I heard a sermon years ago on cassette tape (. . . tells you how many years ago . . . ). It was entitled “Legions of the Unjazzed.” The preacher used a surfing analogy to contrast the difference between the ho-hum Christianity of the “unjazzed” and the joy and excitement of the “jazzed”, those who know the thrill of “catching the big waves” as part of traveling this pilgrim path. He talked of the difference between the blandness of just going through the motions of “living for Christ” and the passion ignited when we do the same stuff with a heavenly perspective. And, as I hover over the latter part of Philippians 4 this morning, it occurs to me that the giving of my treasure (and my time and my talents) can also be an act of jazzed or unjazzed worship.

“Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.”

(Philippians 4:16-18 ESV)

The Philippians had determined to support Paul financially. They were faithful to write the check (aka cheque). But notice the perspective Paul had on the gift he received. It was “fruit that increases to your credit” . . . it was “a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.” Their gift was so much more than just going through the weekly routine of dropping an envelope into an offering bag . . . it was more than just reaching into their pocket and mindlessly dropping a couple of bucks onto the plate . . . instead, it was part of “catching the wave.”

Their gift was an investment. For every dollar they purposefully put in the offering, a greater deposit was being accrued to a heavenly account. Jesus called it “laying up treasures in heaven” (Matt. 6:20). Paul would tell Timothy that “to be generous and ready to share” was to store up treasure “as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life” (1Tim. 6:18). Doesn’t that sound like the language of the jazzed? How I give is part of laying hold of true life. Tithing was an Old Testament obligation . . . cheerfully giving an offering is an act reflective of the grace and gift we have received. And, let’s be clear, it’s not about the amount . . . it’s about the mindset. That which is accrued for us in heaven is not some factor or multiplier of every dollar we give away . . . the “interest” accrued for that day when we are with Him is determined by Him out of the abundance of His grace. Ours is to make the deposit . . . His is to give the increase.

Secondly, the gift is an act of worship. We use the phrase, “Take up the offering” . . . but how often do we really see it as an act of glorifying our God . . . of ascribing to Him immeasurable worth . . . of trying to express in some feeble way our love and awe of Him? I’ve often thought we lose something when we separate the offering from the singing during our Sunday morning meetings. If it were up to me, I’d be passing the plate in the middle of a song . . . I’d be sending around the bag or the bucket or the whatever while the sacrifice of praise is pouring out from our lips.

When’s the last time I wrote the cheque (aka check) and thought of it as a fragrant offering . . . an acceptable sacrifice . . . an aroma pleasing to God? Instead, it’s most often just fulfilling my “commitment” . . . or it’s just part of being faithful will “my little” or faithful with “my much” . . . it’s just being obedient as a good steward of that which God has blessed me with. Not that there’s anything wrong with any of those perspectives . . . they’re biblical . . . but, honestly, not much jazz factor there. But to pause just a moment before placing the envelope in the bag . . . to actively engage in the “let’s pray for the offering” part of the service and reflect on the sacrifice I’m about to make . . . that kind of takes it up a notch. To consider that it pleases God . . . hmmmm . . . that’s kind of exhilarating!

An investment in an account in the treasuries of heaven . . . an aromatic sacrifice ascending to heaven itself, pleasing to God. That’s catching the wave . . . that’s the way of the jazzed . . . that’s “extreme giving!”

By His grace for His glory.

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Casting Shade

Posted on June 24, 2026 by Pete

Met with a friend yesterday. He’s going through it. Through the gauntlet. Through the storm. Through the fire. The crucible burning hot, he’s intensely feeling some purifying heat. Maybe that’s why shade hits my radar so brightly this morning.

I lift up my eyes to the hills.
       From where does my help come?
My help comes from the LORD,
       who made heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot be moved;
       He who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, He who keeps Israel
       will neither slumber nor sleep.

The LORD is your keeper;
       the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day,
       nor the moon by night.

(Psalm 121:1-6 ESV)

The LORD is your shade . . . That’s what I’m hovering over this morning.

This song is a song of ascents. A song for the trip up to Jerusalem. Lyrics to be sung while traveling the road to the place where the glory dwells. Part of a playlist for a journey filled with uncertainties, possibly even unforeseen dangers. And yet, a song of confidence that the trek begun will be the trek completed. A song to assure the pilgrim that he can keep on keepin’ on because the LORD is his keeper and because his helper is the LORD who made heaven and earth. A tune which testifies that even in the scorching heat of the day — or the withering temperatures of a crucible of testing — the LORD is your shade.

Casting shade. That’s what our God does.

While He may not remove the furnace, His abiding presence allows the pilgrim to endure the heat. Without necessarily cooling down the temperature, His presence brings not only respite but even refreshment and renewal. Even though the day may be anything but cool, if we walk with the LORD we’ll always walk in the cool of the day. The LORD is your shade . . .

What a song for the faithful, though perhaps weary, pilgrim who feels again the heat of another refining fire. What a reality for those who, by faith, sing to themselves, again and again, the LORD is my shade.

The LORD is your keeper;
       the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day,
       nor the moon by night.

The LORD will keep you from all evil;
       He will keep your life.
The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in
       from this time forth and forevermore.

(Psalm 121:5-8 ESV)

Amen and amen.

By His grace. For His glory.

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At Hand or At Hand? Yes and Amen!

Posted on June 23, 2026 by Pete

Reading the first few verses in Philippians 4. Pretty familiar stuff so I’m pretty quick with the colored pencils to mark it up. Pretty quick with the dark-green colored pencil to highlight a reminder that Jesus is coming soon. But then something (Someone?) causes me to pause and ask myself, “Self, is Paul saying Jesus is at hand, or, that He is at hand?”

Paul begins to wrap up his letter to the Philippians with seven, rapid-fire commands-to-obey. Rejoice always and rejoice again are the first two (4:4). Then Paul commands this body of believers to be gentle with everyone (4:5), anxious about nothing (4:6a), and to pray about everything (4:6b–7). He concludes with an exhortation to think about excellent things (4:8) and to put into practice all the things they had “learned and received and heard and seen” in Paul (4:9). And in the midst of this list of divine directives – as apparent fuel for the fire of obedience – is a not to be forgotten truth.

The Lord is at hand. (Philippians 4:5b ESV)

Most other translations render it, The Lord is near. Philips says, “Never forget the nearness of your Lord.” And the NLT and The Message lay their interpretive cards on the table: “Remember, the Lord is coming soon”; “Help them see that the Master is about to arrive. He could show up any minute!” (I’ll let you guess which is the NLT and which is the MSG).

And, as I read this phrase this morning, I immediately sided with the interpreters, underlining the phrase with my dark-green colored pencil. Jesus is coming soon. He is near. He is at hand.

Fair interpretation. Likely the most common interpretation. But not the only interpretation. For while it could be (and probably should be) read in a temporal sense, that Jesus’ return is closer now than ever before, it could also be read in a proximity sense, that Jesus is as close to me now – He is at hand – as He’s always been. At hand and near to me now because I am in Him.

That’s why I can rejoice always, because I rejoice in the Lord (4:4a). It’s how He promises to guard my heart and mind with a peace that passes all understanding, guarding it in Christ Jesus (4:7b).

In Him. In union with Christ. A branch abiding in the Vine (Jn. 15:5). The divine connection providing the power to do what He commands. The transcendent truth infusing the desire to obey. For just as the Son delights to do the Father’s will, so do I.

The Lord is at hand.

Out there and coming soon and very soon.

In here, through His Spirit, Christ living in me (Gal. 2:20).

At hand and coming soon? Or, at hand and ever present?

Yes!

And amen!

By His grace. For His glory.

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Retaining by Advancing (2019 Remix)

Posted on June 22, 2026 by Pete

For Paul there was no standing still. If he wasn’t moving forward, then he knew he was going backward. If he put it in neutral, he knew that was just reverse with an N on it. To be coasting was to be in danger of crashing. Status quo’ing? High risk of soon quitting. Good enough was gonna get worse. Autopilot would inevitably lead to atrophy. That’s how Paul seemed to think about doing life as a follower of Christ.

But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained.

(Philippians 3:13b-16 ESV)

Hold true to what we have attained . . . That’s what I’m chewing on this morning.

Living up to what we already know (CSB). Having gotten on the right track (MSG), staying in the right lane. Having made some progress (NLT), not letting it slip away. What we have attained, we need to retain.

At first, it might sound like a “hold your position” sort of posture. But in the context, isn’t Paul saying that retaining is actually accomplished by advancing? That we hold fast by straining forward? That we keep whatever ground we’ve taken by pressing on toward the goal ahead?

That’s what Paul seems to be thinkin’. And, he says, we should be thinkin’ it too.

Let those of us who are mature think this way.

Retaining by advancing is just smart thinking for those with spiritual understanding.

Makes sense that if you know you’re going to wake up every morning in enemy territory, then whatever spoils of victory you’ve accumulated to date are in danger of being taken back unless you engage afresh in the conflict.

Every morning we rise, we know the desires of the flesh in us are going to wage war against the Spirit of God in us (Gal. 5:16-17). Every day we venture out into the world we know there will be a battle for the mind. And to be sure, to walk another day down the pilgrim’s pathway is to be aware that there’s an adversary prowling around like a roaring lion “seeking someone to devour” (1Pet. 5:8).

And so, we need to forget about what lies behind, the ground we’ve gained, and strain forward to what lies ahead. To press on to the goal for the prize of the upward call. We need to remember that, in order to hold on to what we’ve attained, we need to keep advancing.

Oh, that we’d be protected from a “good enough”, or “far enough”, or “know enough”, or “done enough” attitude when it comes to seeking first the kingdom. That we wouldn’t rest on where we’ve been. Because to do so, is to end up where we thought we’d never go.

Pressing on isn’t complex. Keep engaging the living word. Keep conversing with the living God. Keep abiding in the living Savior. Keep communing with other living stones (1Pet. 2:5) — those with whom you are joined together and growing into a holy temple (Eph. 2:21). Not complex, but it requires intentional effort. “Straining forward” effort. “Pressing on” effort. God enabled effort.

No such thing as a neutral gear in the Christian life. It’s either put ‘er in drive or we’ll end up going in reverse.

We hold on to what we have, by His grace, only as we seek to advance, for His glory.

Amen?

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A 5-Star Rating

Posted on June 17, 2026 by Pete

Consumer reviews, they’ve become a pretty big deal in today’s world. Someone else’s experience with something we’re interested in is often the first thing we’ll check out. There’s a place to find reviews for almost every imaginable product or service. Whether it’s Google or Yelp, Amazon or Tripadvisor, we go there looking for stars, ideally 5 stars. “How many stars?” is what we want to know, ’cause it’s a solid predictor of customer satisfaction or product quality. The more stars, the better. 5 Stars and you’re feeling pretty good that the service, product, or business is top-tier and that taking a chance on it is a prudent choice. This morning I’m chewing on a divine 5-star rating.

Your promise is well tried,
       and Your servant loves it. (Psalm 119:140 ESV)

Well tried . . . those are the words that caught my attention.

Literally, it’s well refined. Well smelted. Thus, well tested. And something that is well refined is something that’s pure. Hence, why some translations render this, Your promise is very pure.

But the ESV’s rendering struck me this morning less as a quality review and more as a dependability review. The songwriter had tested God’s promise again and again, it was well tried, and he loved it! 5-stars!

You journey through Psalm 119 and, while the focus is the word of God, it tells the story of how the Word proved itself over and over as the psalmist faced enemies and trials and his own testing. So much so, that even when “trouble and anguish had found me out” the word of God was still his delight (v.143), “righteous forever” and the way of life (v. 144). God’s promise was well tried.

Able to be well tried because it is our “go to” repeatedly. For example, experiencing “the peace of God which surpasses all understanding” (Php. 4:6-7) isn’t a one-and-done thing. No, that’s a promise that is well tried in every storm and amidst clouds of confusion and waves of worry. Every time we experience storms, cloulds, and waves we can know the provision of supernatural, circumstance-transcending peace — again and again, over and over. That’s a promise which is well tried. And I love it! 5-stars.

The promise of mercies new every morning (Lam.3:22-23) is a heads up that we are going to enter seasons when we need mercies new every morning, when we need to experience God’s never-ceasing faithfulness and steadfast love. Persistent “thorns in the flesh” are going to try the assurance that His grace really is sufficient and that His power really is “made perfect” in our weakness (2Cor. 12:9). And they’ll require us to go to that promise over and over, again and again. So that, we too, can bear witness, Your promise is well tried and Your servant loves it!

5 stars!

By His grace. For His glory.

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Which is Yours

Posted on June 16, 2026 by Pete

Traveling again this week. This time in the mountains of Colorado. Again hanging with some pretty impressive pastors. These a little less rural, a bit more suburban, but with the same passion to go and make disciples. So, finding limited time to keyboard some thoughts. This morning, however, feeling like I need to get a few thoughts down. I am a bit overwhelmed by a fresh reminder from Paul of something “which is yours.”

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

(Philippians 2:3-7 ESV)

Which is yours in Christ Jesus . . . That’s what I’m chewing on this morning.

The rendering looks to be unique to the ESV. Other translations render the exhortation as “have the same mind” or “have the same attitude.” But the consideration that this mind is already mine, adds a whole new dimension to this command-to-obey.

Mine isn’t to manufacture some super level of of humility, the likes of which is beyond my fallen nature to create or sustain. I can’t power my way to a life characterized by looking to other’s interests above my own. Mine isn’t to “develop” this mind, it is to “have this mind” and let this mind have its way. The mind which is yours in Christ Jesus.

O’ blessed union with Christ. His mind, my mind!

To be sure, there’s a lot of other stuff in my mind that wars against His. And not in just my mind, but in my body, and soul, and spirit, as well. Yet, this mind of Him who took upon Himself the form of a servant “is yours.” And so, I can direct myself towards it, submit myself to it, and, through His power within me, be transformed by it — this mind which is yours in Christ Jesus.

In Christ Jesus . . . no place I’d rather be this morning . . . or any other morning.

This mind . . . no mind I’d aspire for more than the mind of the One who emptied Himself for me.

Father, keep me from selfish ambition and conceit. Let the mind of Christ — now my mind because I am in Christ Jesus — be an increasingly predominant mind.

Only by Your grace. Only for Your glory.

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