it seems like when night comes and distractions are virtually gone, so much more thought can occur.
perfection in the eyes of the world and Christ are so drastically different.
oswald chambers had some thought on it too:
“Christian perfection is not, and never can be, human perfection. Christian perfection is the perfection of a relationship to God which shows itself amid the irrelevancies of human life. When you obey the call of Jesus Christ, the first thing that strikes you is the irrelevancy of the things you have to do, and the next thing that strikes you is the fact that other people seem to be living perfectly consistent lives. Such lives are apt to leave you with the idea that God is unnecessary, by human effort and devotion we can reach the standard God wants. In a fallen world this can never be done. I am called to live in perfect relation to God so that my life produces a longing after God in other lives, not admiration for myself. Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God. God is not after perfecting me to be a specimen in His show-room; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He likes.”
so profound. it gives me reassurance when the things of this world become more and more mundane. the monotonous routine of things that there is so little eternal value in. why continue at the grindstone beating our heads against the stone for something that achieves virtually nothing in matter of eternity. — how can we be drawn back into the beauty of Christ without this struggle in our earthly lives. if life was too easy and simply ‘fluff’ then we would be a world no longer in need of a Savior. as difficult as it can be learning though the commonplace repetitive lives we sometimes feel imprisoned to, it is what we’ve been given. it’s our responsibility to see the honest love in pursuing greater more holy things. whatever it takes to further the Kingdom. i need to constantly ask myself, am i doing Kingdom work?
faith, hope & love. the greatest of these is love.
