Holiness is produced as the path extracts pounds of flesh.
Tag: comfort
Amos lived out his message before he opened his mouth to preach it and, thus, he is an amazing example to us.
As cosy as our home is, comfort will not cause us to grow. And the Great Commission will not be fulfilled while we are in our jammies. ‘Go’ is a vital part of the instruction. And truly, isolation leads to spiritual deconstruction: we’ve made the enemy’s efforts so much easier when we refuse to leave the house.
It is remarkable how the risen, resurrected Savior sits with us in our sorrow.
This scripture skips across a couple hundred cell towers and into my heart. “He gently leads those that have young.” This isn’t just a promise for the young, but for those who have young. What comfort!
Pause with me for a moment and revel in the reality of the God of heaven slowing down to sit with us in our sorrow. Note, He is not inexperienced with suffering: Jesus has walked on earth in flesh and subjected the Godhead to the excruciation of temptation, the trauma of sin and even death. God is not too far-off to understand or too insulated to empathize.
I’m thinking about my own small ‘yes’ to God. It’s not as big as Abraham’s, but for me it’s uncomfortable.
We are connected through Christ though we are separated by coronavirus.