| I've found that if you decide to live life in the fast lane... you'll get to the end that much sooner.
...but is that necessarily a bad thing? i'm not saying that we would force ourselves to get "the end" (i.e., suicide -- that's simply not taking care of the gift our our bodies), but after all... "the end" *is* where God is. Jesus said many times that this was not his home, and that we are destined for eternity.
...but is it a good thing? When we look around at the world, there *is* much work to be done for our Lord. Love Me, feed My sheep, serve My people.
so i re-iterate... when you live life in the fast lane, you get to the end that much sooner. but is that necessarily a bad thing? is that necessarily a good thing?
[let's get our minds flowing!] |
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| The Compelling Purpose of God
He ... said to them, ehold, we are going up to Jerusalem... uke 18:31
Jerusalem, in the life of our Lord, represents the place where He reached the culmination of His Father will. Jesus said, "I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me" (John 5:30). Seeking to do "the will of the Father" was the one dominating concern throughout our Lord life. And whatever He encountered along the way, whether joy or sorrow, success or failure, He was never deterred from that purpose. "...He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem..." (Luke 9:51).
The greatest thing for us to remember is that we go up to Jerusalem to fulfill God purpose, not our own. In the natural life our ambitions are our own, but in the Christian life we have no goals of our own. We talk so much today about our decisions for Christ, our determination to be Christians, and our decisions for this and that, but in the New Testament the only aspect that is brought out is the compelling purpose of God. "You did not choose Me, but I chose you..." (John 15:16).
We are not taken into a conscious agreement with God purpose?we are taken into God purpose with no awareness of it at all. We have no idea what God goal may be; as we continue, His purpose becomes even more and more vague. God aim appears to have missed the mark, because we are too nearsighted to see the target at which He is aiming. At the beginning of the Christian life, we have our own ideas as to what God purpose is. We say, "God means for me to go over there," and, "God has called me to do this special work." We do what we think is right, and yet the compelling purpose of God remains upon us. The work we do is of no account when compared with the compelling purpose of God. It is simply the scaffolding surrounding His work and His plan. "He took the twelve aside..." ( Luke 18:31 ). God takes us aside all the time. We have not yet understood all there is to know of the compelling purpose of God.
-utmost, aug 3
where i live, where i work, who i marry...
Lord, what are you trying to accomplish?
.........then again, would i so-easily say yes if i knew?
...you always know how to deliver a good surprise. |
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For those who have prayed for us and with us in the past year, thank you. please keep praying for us. God isn't finished with us yet!
ps: courtship is the way to go!
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| Details on and after tuesday's HH. |
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| i've never been away from home for so long.
i've never felt homesick before.
and for the first time in my life...
i think i understand it now.
hamilton (bda), be kind to me for the next few days. |
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