We know we have received Christmas rightly when we refuse to pack away our awe, our wonder and our joy over a Savior who’s come to live with us, to dwell in us.
Tag: obedience
In the modern spectacle of Christmas, we’ve lost sight of advent. Advent is really the opposite of acclimation.
While joyful obedience delights the Father, it enrages the enemy.
We may not all be shepherds, but we each suffer from first person limitation.
We work throughout our marriage and our lifetime to live God’s way.
This verse in Joshua makes me think about my collecting years versus my assigned task. I am not looking to conquer Texas or unseat any local rulers, but my battles are just about as bloody. They lie within. I consider the size and scope of my heart and soul and I know that there is still a lot of ground to be taken.
We all battle the temptation to get ahead of God and the complacency to stay behind. Christ-followers must match the Father’s pace. All too often, He’s a three-mile-an-hour God. But once in a while, it feels as though He is in an awful hurry. Sons and daughters appreciate His presence profoundly and stay with Him at every speed.
The leper was cured. His body was restored. The bio-nerd in me wonders what that looked like. How bad off did he look pre-Jesus?