Dear Reader,
This newsletter The Three Taverns was started to draw people together around themes to strengthen you for the days you live in. I hope to get better at this as we continue to connect in the tavern!
FIRST, there’s a new time for “Tavern Talks.” We decided that everyone could appreciate an extra half-hour of sleep on Tuesday mornings, so we changed the time to 7am.
If you are local to the Mid-TN area and want to join us, bring your coffee, your bible, a friend, and let's kickstart our Tuesdays together God and one another!
DON'T WORRY
"Don’t be intimidated in any way by your enemies. This will be a sign to them that they are going to be destroyed, but that you are going to be saved, even by God himself." Philippians 1:28
I used to quote constantly to my family, "Fret not, it leads only to evil." Often it was lighthearted and funny times I would use it, but it was also a way to try to drill into our consciousness this bedrock truth- THERE’S ONLY ONE GOD AND YOU ARE NOT HIM!
As we stand in the face of pressures within and without, our sense of calm and poise is a sign. It is a sign to our fellow believers that the UNLIMITED is with us. It is also a sign to those who "oppose" God that for them things are not going to be well.
If you live in the reality of the Absolute Person and His Absolute Order, then enemies will naturally oppose you. Christ's UNLIMITED Kingdom automatically threatens the limited kingdoms, their petty tyrannies and small pursuits. The most fearful person in any room, any system, on any throne, is the little tyrant.
Don't worry. God's got YOU. And God's got THIS.
Looking up (Luke 21:28),
Tod Bell
Chief Tavern Host