Growing up in the church, I always heard things like, “fight the good fight,” “run with perseverance,” “make every effort.” I also hear, “be still and know,” “my yoke is easy,” and “I have quieted my soul.” Well, which was it? I thought. Am I supposed to fight? Or am I allowed to rest?
Read moreMaybe it’s because I just finished Jack London’s epic novel, “The Sea Wolf,” but lately, I’ve found my mind drifting to island images of castaway shipwrecks. I imagine a marauded group being rescued by a nameless vessel. Old ropes have been let out, and haggard survivors wearily hoist themselves up over the rails. Cold and exhausted, this group of worn-down survivors sit on the deck of the swaying boat. Everyone’s knees are up against their chests. A light rain has their teeth chattering and a stiff winter wind has their arms wrapped tightly around their tattered clothes and heaving chests. No one is sure of what to say.
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John wrote that Jesus came to us in glory from the Father, ΓÇ£full of grace and truth.ΓÇ¥IΓÇÖm sure I could divide the readers of this devotional into two groups: grace people and truth people.
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Relational poverty is one of the greatest challenges our culture faces today. These days we tend to have followers but not friends, likes but not love, comments but not conversations, crowds but not companions, churches but not communities.
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I think the enemy of our souls wants us to settle for having an information-based relationship with God. That kind of relationship gives us a false sense of what it means to know God and to be known by Him.
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