Reading Stuart's post in response to Dallas Willard, was entirely convicting. Stuart gives an incredible account of what verse 42 means of giving up 'self'. Today, I was faced with what it means to give up myself and doing things for other people. I never really find myself not doing the things I am asked to do, but the manner in which I do them are not always glorifying to the Lord. As I read through Stuart's post, I must agree that it is entirely difficult to give up self. I continuously start statements with "I" and everything is about how "I" feel or think. But within that selfishness, today I realized that I was lacking the evidence of some spiritual fruits. Kindness was far from my thoughts; and that saddens me to know that I am so concerned with my time and feeling that for just a few hours I can not just be prepared to intentionally be focused on someone else. As I recognized these things today, it was humbling to have to be corrected by the word of the Lord;
Philippians 2:14-16, "Do all things without grumbling or disputing; so that you will prove yourself to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain or toil in vain."
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