Started From The Bottom

I will admit Drake’s song “Started From The Bottom” does appear on my workout playlist. Maybe it's a guilty pleasure of some sort and, if you have never heard the song, I don’t necessarily recommend it unless you are fond of four-letter words and that one “N-word” that seems to be replacing a lot of my generation’s vocabulary.

BUT every time I hear that song during my workout, one phrase sticks with me:

            “Just as a reminder to myself,

I wear every single chain even when I’m in the house,

            Cause we started from the bottom now we’re here”

It hit me how true this is for Christians and their testimony because the remembrance of God’s mighty hand should drive our response in worship in light of our deliverance and what God has brought us through.

If we don’t remember what God has brought us through, we forget redemption.

Now I know some might be thinking, “um, doesn’t the Bible say, If anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation? The old has gone and the new has come?” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Yes it does, but being saved and redeemed doesn’t mean taking a spiritual amnesia pill so we forget the past like it never happened. Doing this can lead to pride and an upturned nose.

What I like about the song is that Drake remembers.

He wears every single chain even when he’s in the house.

The difference between the chains of sin and chains of redemption is that chains of sin bring shame, and chains of redemption bring glory.

What are some areas of your life that Christ has worked his redemption?

What are some areas of life in which you need to let Christ work his redemption?

Are you remembering these?

Are you driven to worship because of it?

 We must not forget that we did not save ourselves. We must put away our chains of shame, and put on our chains of glory. In doing this we are driven to worship God because of all the great things he has done and will continue to do in our lives. If we simply move into the House of Salvation indifferent and forgetful, we forget redemption and we forget the Gospel.