Artisan Disruption
This week while in Phoenix for a couple of stirring days thinking about equipping the church and living into our missional calling together I experienced artisan disruption. The lads and I were heading to the second day of the gathering and decided to find some local coffee spot to fuel our morning. When the first stop was closed we rounded the corner into another shop that pushed against our attempts at constant efficiency. Inside a small art gallery (which also had a hair salon) there was a coffee bar, with one barista doing more than just making drinks, he was making art. The guy had form, precision, and and exacting hand as he made each drink. The line was out the door yet he carried on, unhurried, unhindered by demand. He was the artisan. At first I felt out of place. After all I am the guy who drinks from carafes at Panera because I have a sip membership. So to be in a bespoke establishment pulled me out of my element to begin with. This is a discomfort I enjoy
“Because Jesus was successful in his temptations”
ReplyDeleteMorning Jonathan.
yes, accuser and also tempter, and Jesus was successful in the wilderness with those temptations…to resist the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life.
same strategy continues, accusation and temptation…
-yet we remember each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. James 1:14
-but now we desire to live the rest of our time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 1 Peter 4:2
-so we put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. Romans 13: 14
-since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. Hebrews 2:.18
-and we do not love the world nor the things in the world for if anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever. Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him. 1 John 2 verses