Dear Mr. Anonymous,
Do you find in the world today that man is willing to put himself on the line, according to the worlds definition? What I mean by this is do you find man willing to leave all he has behind to do something, to sacrifice? Would he be willing to sacrafice himself? Somehow i find it extremely hard to believe. Lately i have been contemplating this passage in Philippians. It is alittle lengthy so I am only going to refer to the two verses that stand out the most, and when you have time to open your Bible, do open it here. Philippians 2: 6-11. Verses 7&8 state "but made Himself nothing taking the very nature of a servant , being made in human likeness. and being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and become obedient to death-even death on a cross!" Its a contemplating set of verses, at least in my opinion. To think that someone, okay not just anyone, but God's Son died for me is mind boggling.
Humility. Its a powerful word. It changes mans perspective on life. Really it does. It is when man realizes that he is going to step down from being number one in his life and make God number one and forcing himself to the very last of the list. Humbling yourself to death. Mind cannot comprehend it. We live in America, how can we? A bottled up world without fear of harm, and i mean real harm. Then to die on a cross, not because you actually deserved it, but because your Father is commanding it of you and taking the weight of the world upon yourself. Not only would it be impossible for me to do because i am imperfect but uncomprehendable. The song goes "Without You I'm so alone I am weak but You are strong You pick me up when I'm falling down And I am crying
Out to You inside of my heart I need You, Lord, oh so, for the part I want You to have my life, Jesus". I love this song by Shawn Mcdonald. It has such an amazing lyrical composition on how I need Christ more than anyone in my life really. Those last lines in the verse make me realize what is important in my life.
Lately i have been recognizing the difference between what I want for my life and what i am called to do. Do you ever find yourself doing that? That Christs death was not enough? Maybe not. Most of the time we dont even know we are doing it. In my opinion thats the sadest and worst kind of sin. When you cant see it in your life at that time. And not because i am classifying it as oh one of the top sins. Thats not what i mean. Usually when you cant see the sin in your life the problem is worse, whether it be publically demonstrated or weighing in on your heart.
Think about those verses. Read more in philippians. I love that book. 2 Corinthians 5:21 (my favorite verse) states that "He made Him who knew NO sin to become sin for this man so that we may become the righteousness of God through Him". Gospel in a nutshell. Its a beautiful verse. Think about who your living your life for and what your living for. So often we dont take the time to stop and think about that death on the cross. That death on the cross and how much my life cost. He died for me. Ha its really too good to be true. But it happened and I am His.
Lori Wick wrote about a little girl who was partially deaf and blind without her glasses. A cute adorable 10 year old little girl whose father abused her and was a drunkard. Brenda was taken into a foster home that was a family of Christians. Brenda always saw God as someone like her father. When discussing the matter with her older 'brother" he thought of God more like his own father. Someone who cared and loved him very much. Brenda was sitting in on the christmas eve service when the Lord opened her eyes and her heart to Him. She saw the gift that God had given to her. It was in her opinion and mine the greatest gift she had ever recieved.
Lori Wick has a way of writing that i wish to obtain one day but in the story she made clear that Christ died for us according to the scriptures. Do you ever think about that? Do you ever think about turning your back on your life to live for Him? I hope and pray you do
Corrine
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