To live in this current world as a follower of Christ without courage doesn't really seem to suit our calling, our purpose, or the Christ we follow. It may in fact even pose a conflict... The world that we live in may increasingly revile Christ and grow more threatening toward those who follow Him. But we who follow Him aren't called to follow the world, just the One who's already conquered it. Believing that He's all that He's said and done, why would we have any real fear about what happens in the world? After all, it's never out of the omnipotent hands that created it ... and our faith is in Him isn't it? John 16:33 NLT "I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world." Just my thoughts, but I think if we focus too much on the decay and cavitation of the world around us while we intend to follow Christ's leading, our focu
A much loved spiritual mentor pointed out to me the difference between the Apostle Paul's past will (a life without Christ) and His new will that evolved after the Lord called Him. He then challenged me to define what my own new will would say... ...let my response be found here...
"It is not the title that people give to themselves that defines who they are; it is the fruit of what they produce." Graham Cooke