When I reflect on how wondrously patient God has been with me ~ throughout all these seasons of my walk with Him, I have no words to express how ashamed and yet thankful I am.
The ultimate call of a person is not to be someone great, glamorous, popular, excellent... or the most incredible. Not even to merely attempt great things for God, although it is God's will that we seek His Kingdom. This is still secondary. Our passion for God's Kingdom needs to be fuelled... it needs to flow out of a fundamental essential.
Rather, the ultimate, primary call of a person is to be God's child. To truly know Him as a Father, just as how Christ knew Him. To be like our Heavenly Father, the mystery of which has been revealed in Jesus Christ. The revelation of God gives us the reason, motivation and means of transformation, sacrifice and maturity. And yet, we can transform, sacrifice and mature only when we are enabled by God's wise initiative, timing and grace. The only thing left for us to do is to abide.
So my question to myself today is this: am I truly abiding in Christ? Its answer is already weighing down upon my heart even as I ask - "Not enough". In fact, I fall terribly short of it. My God, help me abide fully in Thee. Only then can I walk by Your Spirit ~ and walk by Your side without being held back.
We can be contented in all things. But there is something we should never be contented about: the degree of our abiding in Christ. There must be always a desire to have more. To abide more. A desire to give up more so that we may have more of God in our lives and abide more deeply in Him. Love God with all our hearts, minds, souls and strengths. Grow in this, and we will be like wellsprings of life... able to love, bless and fight good fights of faith for our neighbors as we have experienced the immense, unconditional, sacrificial love of God.
God, let this desire never grow less. I want even more.
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Hello, I found your blog by hitting the "next blog" button from my blog.
I too have been thinking about how God is our Father. I was studying Luke 15 with the Prodigal Son and how this father loved that son of his even when he was off doing his own thing and totally ignoring the father.
My kids have done that to me from time to time and I did that at times to my parents. I think we all do that. But the pain it causes you when your own kids do it to you, well that pain reminds me of how much God loved me - and still does. He is so amazing!
Thank you for sharing your life on this blog. May 2012 bring you many of God's blessings. -Barbara, aka WingAbouts
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