Our Lord speaks about the joy of finding lost things.
To me there is always this appeal: The Lord wants to look through my eyes. The Lord wants to think through my brain. The Lord wants to work through my hands. The Lord wants to live and walk in my body for one purpose—to go after the lost from His standpoint.
Am I letting Him walk and live in me?
Spiritual realities can always be counterfeited. “Rest in the Lord” can be turned into pious “rust” in sentiment. What is all our talk about sanctification going to amount to? It should amount to that rest in God which means a oneness with Him such as Jesus had—not only blameless in God’s sight, but a deep joy to Him.
– Oswald Chambers
My Pondering
Oswald’s writing usually challenge me to see spiritual matters in a different but good light.
We have the opportunity to be one or more of trifecta of combinations with God.
Dependent – things which God does for us, without our involvement
Inter-dependent – that which God does with us, our faith and participation
Independent – things we do apart from God which is sinful behavior
Through this paradigm, how can we connect with God through our Head, Heart and Hands consistently and effectively?