"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8-9.
Good morning. Made some plaintains and beans for my wife and I. Drinking my mega mug of coffee and praying and searching for God's presence. As of lately I have felt a detachment between God's voice and my heart. Today I came across this passage from Ephesians and decided to post this. God has been humbling me lately for taking pride in the world and not in His spirit within me.
Tonight is the last meeting of our small group which will reboot come September. Looking forward to concluding the book we've been reading. It's David Platt's 'Radical'. All the reading I did over the past 8 weeks of this book has shone a light on what I feel to be such a ridicul... I mean "radical" book. The last chapter was a saving grace, but man... I think this book must have been a need to read in a day to overcome the weight and guilt-laden work David is proclaiming. It's truly centered around giving absolutely everything, but then constantly dizzying spells from the height of sacrifice he reclaims your spirit by saying, "lest we forget, Christ says he will give you eternal life." The mood is almost as if we should be excited to live an excruciating life and die and kill ourselves. What a testament! I have been married for over 2 years... I like that claim more than I lived two years in the woods and got murdered for Christ. May God condemn me for this issue alone? Absolutely not. I am a fallen, broken person, but I was taught that Jesus wishes to overtake my heart and soul and move me into a Christian life... we have Christians all over the planet. How dare someone claim I am not enough in the house of God. I have been completing the New Testament and plan to overtake the Old Testament and then reread, reread, and reread. I need to crawl before I can walk. All of the book is written from a pulpit among rich Americans from a mega church I may never see... I'm going back to the Word because the Word is good. Next, I'm going to finish reading Church Planters and then maybe some Joel Olsteen. Far too many times people say... I love your Christ, but your Christians are nothing like Him... Gandhi said that. Joel Olsteen seems to be great to be around, and you can judge and claim his spirit to be damned to hell all you want. The meek shall inherit the Earth, and the voices of few are many. Or something like that.
God Bless,
The Wanderer.
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