What Is Your Will In Christ?

It may just be my own way of thinking about things, but it seems to me that there are a lot of people headed for a devastating disappointment. So much emphasis is placed on being in control of one's own life, seeking to be different, claiming authority and expressing individual identity in increasingly startling ways. The drive to gain superiority, to posses, to attain, to achieve all have their world valued reward. But at the end of life, what counts and what is it worth? What's it even worth now? Like I said, it may just be my own radical thought pattern and I may be swimming upstream against a worldly value system, but I personally don't want to be in control. I don't want to be the ultimate authority over my own life and I choose to desire to avoid the seemingly common drive to be recognized as being a lone maverick. I've discovered many times over that I'm a train wreck waiting to happen under my own control and authority and that being different in a wo...

We all know that there's a lot of disruption in the world right now. There are a lot of individuals obediently hidden in solitary isolation and families that are tucked away in the seemingly ever shrinking boundaries of their homes. There are still others though necessarily braving the possibility of a serious viral infection to go out and perform the duties that are necessary in their service to many others. So many lives and livelihoods are disrupted and questions are floating everywhere with few answers coming in response. In many ways, it's an uncertain moment in time, but only if our life is limited to revolve solely around the microcosm of humanity. In the midst of all of the chaos and uncertainty among mankind as the days pass ever so slowly by, there's coming a moment that we can't afford to miss, disregard or neglect. It's not the day on the calendar that carries the weight of importance. The true exact date may even be in contention among men. But the p...

I'm such a fragile man when I rely on my own strength and my vulnerable emotions. But my weakness isn't limited to my own existence, it's shared by more than might be willing to admit. In fact it's a kind of disease common to all of mankind, laying in wait for opportunities to over take us if we allow it. With hearts and minds inclined to be fickle, we can easily find ourselves in a prone position before a powerful enemy who would destroy not only our bodies, but his ultimate goal - our souls with them.  There's a lot of fear and concern in the world right now because of the seemingly rampant plague of a disease that mankind seems ill equipped to deal with. It's humanly normal for us to be concerned and perhaps even somewhat fearful because of our limitations. Our fragile bodies are subject to a number of vulnerabilities and threats that could cause them to fail. But this situation isn't something new. I would agree with any that it's incumbent on ...