There is a long list of issues that can get in the way of a growing relationship with God. Not all of the interruptions are bad because they are worthy and excellent things to be involved in. Anything can distract us if we are not focused on glorifying and honoring Christ in our hearts. Each day is a new battle to give Him first place in our walk and talk. I’m praying that we each make progress in being consistently moving in the right direction in our walk, that Christ becomes most important in our lives. He will make the path straight and give us the wisdom we need.
“Faith is a living, well-founded confidence in the grace of God, so perfectly certain that it would die a thousand times rather than surrender its conviction. Such confidence and personal knowledge of divine grace makes its possessor joyful, bold, and full of warm affection toward God and all created things—all of which the Holy Spirit works in faith. Hence, such a man becomes without constraint willing and eager to do good to everyone, to serve everyone, to suffer all manner of ills, in order to please and to glorify God, who has shown toward him such grace. It is thus impossible to separate works from faith—yea, just as impossible as to separate burning and shining from fire.” - Dallas Willard, The Allure of Gentleness
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