Wednesday, October 21, 2015
I've been learning recently that the only thing of utmost importance in my life is my relationship with God. because once you strip away everything else, your job, your church involvement, your marriage, your family, your possessions, you just can't hide behind any of those things. What matters is whether or not you are constantly putting your old self to death, and putting on the new self.
i think i often make excuses, and hide behind circumstances in life, saying that if i'm married, i'll be a better person. or once i start my new job, i will be disciplined with my time. or once i'm done with this project, i will spend more time with God. all this won't matter if i were to stand before God in judgement today. what matters is who I am, and not what i went through.
Been doing Hebrews, and I came across a great summary of what was happening in the church:
- They are drifting instead of rowing against the current of sin, and that means drifting back towards destruction
- They are neglecting the great salvation they claim to have
- Their grip on joyful, zealous hope is slipping
- Their hearts are hardening to the truth of God's word
- Their conversation is losing its spiritual urgency
- Their ears are getting dull
- They are losing their desire to press on to maturity
- They are becoming weak and sluggish
- And the result of all this is that they are in danger of shrinking back from the beginning they had made, becoming hardened to spiritual things, falling away from the living God, and losing their souls.
I see some of these characteristics in me, and it is my prayer that God will light the fire in my heart again. Only he can make deaf ears hear again, and blind eyes to see again.
avoid the aliens;
4:22 PM
