Life seems to present multiple opportunities to fall deeper in love with our Triune God, or to withdraw in bitterness and resentment. Appreciating what Jesus has done for us is a deepening experience that draws into a call to follow the Spirit's nudge and leading. Withdrawing from His leading can harden our hearts, blind our eyes, and deafen our ears to what the Kingdom is doing before us. I hope this devotional series has drawn us deeper into the pull of the Soirit’s presence in us. May He continue to open our hearts, eyes and ears to what He is doing.
“When we are lost to God, we are also lost to ourselves: we do not know where we are or how to get where we want to go. We may know we are lost or we may not. Many a driver is lost long before he knows he is—though rarely before his wife knows it. Many are lost before God but do not know it. They sincerely believe that they know where they are, where they are going, and how to get there; but in fact they do not, and they often find out too late. Disorientation to moral, personal, and divine reality, as well as to the physical, sometimes leads us across lines that cannot be recrossed. This is part of the tragic meaning of human time and action.” - Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart: Putting On the Character of Christ
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