What Is Your Will In Christ?

Awesomely awesome God, your greatness reaches beyond the farthest expanses of the heavens and all that is within them declares the vastness of your immeasurable glory So how is it that such a tiny and unremarkable creature such as I can hold your attention and capture your heart so completely? For indeed I hold them both firmly captive By your sovereign choice to love the unlovable and to give unspeakable worth to the unworthy I am a target of your grace, your obsession and cherished possession I am broken, gratefully crushed in spirit and deeply humbled by the presentation of endless grace and your grand recognition which I cannot earn to deserve in the smallest portion Your generous provision has sustained me from the moment that you formed me and your grace to share from what is yours alone has bloated the richness of my days Where are the words to describe you, to righteously declare the wonders of your character? I cannot find them for none are adequate to paint a port...

I'm not really sure what made me think of it after all of these years. It was such a small thing that's been lost in decades worth of days and completely obscured from my thoughts. It was small and plastic and something long forgotten from my childhood that keyed me to reflect on something that I think might be representative of a perspective that some people cling to. It was a white plastic figurine that stood on a little brown plastic pedestal. The flat, cast figurine was someones' representation of Jesus that glowed in the dark after the lights were turned out at night. When everything else turned into shadowy shapes void of detail in the murky darkness, the only thing that could be clearly made out was that little glow in the dark plastic Jesus that sat on my dresser. In some respects, I think that may be how some people still see Him, even in the light of day ... In a world full of things that appeal to the senses of our flesh, it's sometimes easy to set asi...

Warning : If you're not a Jesus follower, reading this may cause confusion, a   thirst for understanding  or an outright  curiosity . These side affects can be serious and may vary based on your personal experience and knowledge of the truth. If you suffer from any of the above side affects, you should consult a true Jesus follower after reading - one who knows they're still imperfect and humbled by grace for further advice. Reader discretion is advised.   The Fog In the busy, hazy confusion of day to day events, ranging from personal to familial and then world wide, it's easy for one to get caught up in a cycle of concerns and activities that make certain things seem more remote or possibly even lost in the fog. It seems endlessly true that some things are more important than others ... but then none are more important than some. Human beings are a busy lot - constantly acting and reacting to a huge variety of things in an endless number of different ways o...

In the midst of what might appear to be a darkening spiritual horizon and one that seems to be giving a host of possible reasons for concern, I would stand to reassure you that hope remains unshakable because like our God, His truth remains unchanged. It's true that as we watch the constant and unrelenting daily stream of current news stories from around the world, we might be tempted to let our peace be adversely affected. There's a steady drum beat of aggression, oppression, repression, viciousness, perversion, deception, lust, lawlessness and murder ... and around the world it's increasingly targeting Christ's followers. It's a steady invitation - an attempt to appeal to our sense of indignation, alarm and fear ... and a designed potential distraction from the truth. We live in a day of widespread, graphic and almost instantaneous media coverage. Many of the stories we see and hear in the news today have the potential to breed what I like to think of as spi...