"Surely shall one say, 'In the Lord have I righteousness and strength...." Isaiah 45:24a
The point of strength is a great point of weakness for many. The easy and natural thing to do is to look to the self for strength, to family and friends, to successes and accomplishments, to compliments and praises, to victories and triumphs, i.e., all good things, but all natural things. For the Christian, there is only one source of strength: God.
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, even his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." (Luke 14:26) The severance is that severe, and it is most difficult, for to turn your eyes to everything and anyone but God is the default position of the human race; it is a glove that our hand fits easily into, and the only hope is to cut off our hand. To focus off of all things and onto God is where the battle always lies, for the enemy is ever embattled against the life of faith.
We may see our lack of focus on God as a mere flaw in character; we do not see it as deliberate and deadly unbelief. The area of your life where you lack focus on God is where you lack faith in God. The area where you still look to yourself or others and other things is where you are of little faith, and is thus your great point of weakness. All that we need is God; pray that He becomes your only reality.
"I turn to myself
And vomit death on all.
Be my only reality, oh God.
Make me a conduit of Your Life
And not my death..."
-Jon Vowell
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, even his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." (Luke 14:26) The severance is that severe, and it is most difficult, for to turn your eyes to everything and anyone but God is the default position of the human race; it is a glove that our hand fits easily into, and the only hope is to cut off our hand. To focus off of all things and onto God is where the battle always lies, for the enemy is ever embattled against the life of faith.
We may see our lack of focus on God as a mere flaw in character; we do not see it as deliberate and deadly unbelief. The area of your life where you lack focus on God is where you lack faith in God. The area where you still look to yourself or others and other things is where you are of little faith, and is thus your great point of weakness. All that we need is God; pray that He becomes your only reality.
"I turn to myself
And vomit death on all.
Be my only reality, oh God.
Make me a conduit of Your Life
And not my death..."
-Jon Vowell
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