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I wrote a blog a few months ago asking my readers what I should write about.  I thought of it as I sat down to write today and thought that I would pull it up.  Honestly, I only had four suggestions, which doesn’t give me a lot to work with.  But three of them were definitely meaty.  One was basically asking me about my doctrine on a particular issue, another about missions, one about worship, and another about an experience I’ve yet to have…

And one individual asked me what my “life verse” is.

I remember listening to Rob Bell preach a few years ago.  I wasn’t fortunate enough to actually go listen to him speak, but it doesn’t really matter anyway.  If I had been there I would’ve only been listening, right?  It’s the exact same thing I do from my ipod.  So why waste the money? 
 
He was doing a little Q&A though and someone asked him what his “life verse” was.  He said for a season – while traveling and speaking – he would always say Proverbs 26.11.  People would nod their head and say, “that’s a good one,” write it down and walk off.  Rob Bell said he would just stand their and shake his head because the verse was:

“As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.“

It’s actually kind of hilarious if you think about it.  I laughed anyway!  But it got me to thinking about my life verse at the time.  I didn’t have one.  I still don’t have one and I think that’s okay. 

God speaks to me in different ways at different times.  And for some heretical reason, it doesn’t always come through the Word.  I apologize if I offend any of you with that statement, but it’s true.  For example, this lyric from David Gray’s song “This Years Love” has been resonating between my ears a lot in the last week or more… and it’s spoken to my heart.  It’s not in the Bible:

This years love had better last
‘Cause who’s to worry if our hearts get torn
When that hurt gets thrown
don’t you notice life goes on

It’s very Psalm-ish in my opinion.  It’s brought me focus and clarity.  It’s made me crave intimacy with the Lord.  Sounds strange, huh?  Yeah, I know it does.  But if you really want me to get specific with the latest Scripture that God’s used to speak to me, it’s been this one:

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus… (Eph. 2:6)

The verse stood out to me a little over a week ago when I was stuck in Ephesians.  I think I read that book every day for two weeks straight.  It was ridiculous because I couldn’t get pulled out of it.  Every time I flipped open my Bible – BAM! – it opened in Ephesians.  But this verse stood out the most.

Why?  Because no matter what we do and when we do it, we do it while sitting in heavenly places.  There is virtually no way out of the heavenly places either. 
 
We’re permanently there.  Sitting.  With Christ. 

It’s really shown me a lot about what I do and the spirit (or attitude) that I do it in.  And there should honestly be no feelings of defeat in anything that I do.  I’m victorious in Christ!  And while I’m going about my day, I do it while seated in heavenly places.

I’m sitting in heavenly places.

It’s something that I can’t get out of my head.  As I’m sitting here in my fluffy blue desk chair writing this, I’m sitting in heavenly places with Christ!  The thought brings so much comfort and peace to my mind.  Doesn’t it yours?

So I reciprocate the question:
What’s your verse?  Or if not a verse, what has God been using to speak to you lately?