It seems easy to coast along as a church goer, and settle in to a routine that ‘I’ve gut life figured out.’ I’ve often felt myself feeling entitled and calloused to the concerns of others. But that is not the gospel taking root in my heart. Becoming rigid and legalistic is not the kingdom taking place in my life. Learning to live interactively with God and others is life in abundance while the thief would like to take my eyes off of all that is heavenly in the here and now and what awaits us.
“The Holy Spirit of God dwells in your heart and is no stranger to the diversity and conflict there. . . . There is no secret place where the Spirit has no access, nor any inner person excluded from the Spirit’s presence. The Spirit will bring the selves of the self into a unity around the center of the indwelling Christ.”
“Where are you?” God asks, a kind move toward you amidst your self-protective, porcupine-like posture. God doesn’t want you to be alone in your suffering. Don’t let the serpent’s lies lull you into believing that someone has it worse, or that God has more important things to tend to than to meet you tenderly in your pain. Don’t let the serpent convince you to go it on your own, into a land where wandering and withering are inevitable. With a kind “Where are you?” God is addressing you. ” - Chuck DeGroat, Healing What’s Within
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