Posts Tagged 'Romans'

what i can’t have

(One Prayer Fast Day 3)

Top cravings so far:

It’s amazing to me that with all the food we are allowed to eat on this fast, that my focus would drift to the few things we can’t eat. 

It’s a lot like Adam and Even in the Garden. Every fruit on every tree in the world, save one. Instead of feasting on what was allowed, their attention drifted to what was forbidden.
For me, it’s about focus. Are my eyes set to my freedom in Christ, or is my mind consumed with what is outside His good, pleasing and perfect will for my life?

everything out of the ordinary

I was talking with some friends today about the spiritual warfare that has fallen upon our staff at the church recently. There is this general understanding in the Christian community that when the spiritual warfare is high, “something big is going to happen.”

Many people spend their lives looking for “something big” and miss out on everything God is doing around them.

When we are involved in this movement of Christianity, every step we make is something big. The act of  Christ giving His life for us while we were still sinners is something big. The idea that we are His chosen people is something big. The opportunity we have to restore people and bring redemption to the world is something big.

When you live your life with God, everything is sacred. Everything is big.

Really, what was once extraordinary is, in a sense, ordinary. It is common. It is part of the thread of our lives. It is what we experience every time we breathe. It is what we experience every time we use the bodies, gifts and abilities God has given us. The extraordinary is ordinary in the sense that it is ever-present in the daily life of the followers of Jesus.

So, when spiritual warfare comes - something big is going to happen - but something big doesn’t necessarily mean something out of the ordinary.

(For more see: Romans 5:8, Deuteronomy 14:2, 1 Peter 2:9-10, 2 Corinthians 5:18.)


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