Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Living light

Dan Edelen offers some helpful thoughts on casting off:
Whenever I consider the American Church’s state, I can’t help but think that much of our problem stems, not from the weight of glory, but from the burden of worldliness. Our inability to resist the weight of the world has rendered us fat and lazy, shackled to things, and far from the heart of God.

A simple gut check here: we don’t do the things Christ asks of us because if we did, we’d have to lose our lives. We’d have to step away from the TV, turn off the iPod, stop planning the vacation in Cancun, and get serious about the work of the Lord. We’d have to stop wondering how to insure all the debris we lay claim to and start investing in the Kingdom.
Ouch.

2 Comments:

Blogger dle said...

If only I could live up to the words I write.

Sigh.

Thanks for the linkage, Milton. Blessings.

9:56 PM, February 13, 2008  
Blogger Milton Stanley said...

I know what you mean. Peace.

5:12 AM, February 14, 2008  

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