Colten Scott

Following Jesus. Kingdom first.
Husband, Father, puppet master, dancer, book reader, coffee maker, live in bar tender, amateur landscaper, ext...

[5 Solas @5Solas]

Nathan the prophet to David in 2 Samuel 12.

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

If I'm honest this has been a hard season for me lately. I've been struggling with trusting God's timing. I was reminded when reading Psalm 37 today that I am to be still before Yahweh and wait patiently. That Yahweh is good to those who wait for him and seek him, and it is good to wait quietly for God’s salvation (Lam. 3:25–26). This quiet waiting involves hoping in God’s word while the soul waits more intensely than watchmen awaiting morning (Psalm 130:5–6).

I was reminded that prior to preaching to thousands, for a season Peter went back to fishing after thinking he failed Jesus. That Paul sat in prison cells, Lazarus lay in a tomb, Jonah prayed in the belly of a fish, Hannah wept on the steps of the tabernacle, Joseph was locked in the captivity, and Moses stood in the fields of Median herding sheep. All before God made moves in his timing.

Times of waiting, while hard, remind us of the confidence we should have in God’s timing and character. When direction seems slow in coming, we're called to wait for it, assured it will come when the time is ready (Hab. 2:3). Yahweh himself waits to be gracious and show mercy, and those who wait for him are blessed, for he is a God of justice (Isa. 30:18). Rather than taking matters into their own hands, like I often am tempted to do, we are instructed not to repay evil but to wait for the Lord, who will deliver us (Prov 20:22).

Hoping for what is unseen involves waiting with patience (Romans 8:25), and through the Spirit and faith, believers eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness (Galatians 5:5). Waiting involves expectancy and hope regarding events and contingencies still in the future, it's the outworking of a spiritual posture directed at trusting God’s promises and timing rather than our own understanding.

Knowing all of this, writing here on X doesn't make my season of needing to wait any easier, but the consistent, inspired, inerrant testimony of scripture nonetheless gives me something solid to trust in. I am fickle, impatient, and finite. God is trustworthy, forbearing, and infinite. And his timing is right even if I don't know how or when things will happen.

[Colten Scott @ColtenOScott]

@ImMeme0 Discouraging behavior on display here. Praying this doesn't become a pattern/strategy.

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“It is not your business to succeed, but to do right; when you have done so, the rest lies with God.” - C.S. Lewis

[Jeremy Treat @JeremyTreat5]

One of the greatest mistakes of western Christianity is associating worldly success with the favor of God.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“Then Job answered the Lord and said: ‘I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.’” Job 42:1–2

Add this to the certainty that God is for us in Christ (Romans 8:31).

Every purpose for us.

No purpose thwarted.

O fretful soul, trust!

[Colten Scott @ColtenOScott]

@mleblond1 @hubermanlab @jockowillink listen at x1.5 speed 👊

[Colten Scott @ColtenOScott]

@grcastleberry I hear you, but the trading cards are pretty cool... 😂

[Michael Saylor @saylor]

@elonmusk The Fed is piloting the entire global economy. Monetary policy (US01Y) for the past five years looks like the Suicide Mission from Top Gun 2. We (1) coast into the pandemic (2) crash the currency (3) decouple from reality (4) almost rip the wings off (5) hope we don't blackout.

[Preston Sprinkle @PrestonSprinkle]

“Worship is a political act. It is a declaration, a reaffirmation of a covenant ceremony, an embodied act of submission to the Lord…It is our declaration of loyalty to him and him alone” - @pj_schreiner

[Colten Scott @ColtenOScott]

I'm not seeing any of the same names here... still lots more pages to go though.

[Rudy Cerda @RudyCerda]

What is man that God is mindful of him?

[Colten Scott @ColtenOScott]

@thenomadican I don’t blame you, the options on here are limited and gurus are probably some of the more palatable tweeter’s to follow… in comparison anyway.

[Colten Scott @ColtenOScott]

@thenomadican Too far.

[Colten Scott @ColtenOScott]

@thenomadican This is 🔥

[realitysf @realitysf]

You can now watch or listen to our lecture with Os Guinness on the modern world and our response as Christians: https://t.co/LRW2XzcdXK

[Colten Scott @ColtenOScott]

@danielpatrick we saw it last night!! really impressive and beautiful film

[Colten Scott @ColtenOScott]

@danielpatrick are those bees?

[Wiz Khalifa @wizkhalifa]

Never underestimate how clutch a bowl of cereal can be.

[Conan O'Brien @ConanOBrien]

I had six stiff drinks and then voted. #RockTheVote