“He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.” (1 Thes. 5:24 ESV) Recently I was asked to share what God has been teaching me as of late and I quickly replied with three words – GOD IS FAITHFUL. There is nothing earth-shattering about this, is there? No. It’s a truth about God [...]
getting smacked around…
Posted By zharrod on December 17th, 2009
Our AIA team here is reading, You Can Change, by Tim Chester and it has been smacking me around over the last few weeks of reading it. Here is what smacking me around today:
Sin is fundamentally an orientation towards self. Many of us suffer from self-absorption. We’re preoccupied with your problems and successes. We bring every conversation round to our favorite subject: me. Or we develop habits of self-centeredness in which we live for our own comfort and security.” {pg. 158}
Ouch, that hurts. Um, yeah guilty. What is one way to combat this? Service. Go out and serve someone. Make deliberate decisions to fight against the self-absorption, against the self-centeredness, against turning yourself into a little god, which you bow to. Dang, I’m guilty of this, but I’m thankful that I’ve been set free to live a new life, a new way…. The way of Jesus… How will you serve someone other than yourself today? Join me in this fight and SERVE!
Tags: encouragement, gospel, pratical theology
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