I read this yesterday and just wanted to share it with you:
"I am impressed with the wonder of what God says, but He cannot expect me really to live it out in the details of my life!" When it comes to facing Jesus Christ on His own merits, our attitude is one of pious superiority -Your ideals are high and they impress us, but in touch with actual things,it cannot be done."
This is from Oswald Chambers' My Utmost for his highest. He is making the point that many people are like this, even those who say they are Christians. The call to be a Christian must be lived out "in the details of life." The call to follow Jesus is a call to die to your own desires, and a call to allow Christ to live in your life. The Bible says, "I have been crucified with Christ..." This must be something that we take seriously, but too often we take it lightly. We regard the command of Christ as no more than a good suggestion. I pray that we would all seek to be conformed to the image of Christ no matter what the cost.
--BD
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