Been reading another book from my bookshelf that I have overlooked for a few years now. I just felt compelled to it the other day so I grabbed it and began. Now I know why. I thought it was gonna be a "man's book" so I never bothered with it before but I have been pleasantly surprised. Its like this author has been reading my mind and put it on paper for me. I'm about half way through it and eager to read more. Bottom line is this: we can all live by good moral principles but they are simply not enough. Did you get what I'm saying? Principles that we follow to help us be good citizens are not gonna get us to heaven. Walking with God is what it will take. Allowing HIM to be in complete control is the answer.
Can you honestly do that? Can you let Him whisper to you in the night or scream at you in the critical hour? (okay, we know He doesn't scream at us but you get my point) Can you swallow your own pride long enough to hear Him give you direction and then actually follow His guidance instead of your own? Do you want to be fully alive, living by a heart that has been completely formed to His delight? Do you want to live with a mind that has been transformed to think as our great Lord thinks? Do you know the freedom that will come to you when you allow Him to take your will and conform it to His? When you decide that you want to be fully alive and walk in His glory like He desires for you, then and probably only then will you be able to see that your good principles will never make you good enough. They will always come up short and dissatisfying. He wants our whole heart and nothing less.
Its a risk worth more than the ones you've already taken.
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