I've noticed these devotions talking a lot about sacrifice.(right?--recurrent theme, hard to ignore) And I get that I need to be pushed out of my complacency. But it also feels like sacrifice isn't even the right word. I mean, if we're Christians, we've already given our lives to Him, right? We belong to Him. It seems to me this is just normal stuff we should be doing without even thinking about it.
Yes, of course my life experiences--specifically God's work through those life experiences--have made me the person I am. And yes, of course I'm better off for God having done (and hopefully still doing) His work in me.(partner in the benefits of the gospel) What comes next (and next and next) is always up to Him. There is no turning back. I wouldn't want to if I could. There's no way I could ever outgive God. How absurd.
"There can only be two basic loves, the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God."
Augustine
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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