2021-09-21 20:33:29
"You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You." - Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis
(aka Saint Augustine)
Perhaps you are new to the faith or maybe you have been a Christian for some time now but ever since the arrival of the COVID CRAZY WORLD you have now realized that your faith is on the verge of collapse and fear has all but extinguished your light.. If so, then please hear this.
Just as Augustine said, "We must find our rest in Him." To find this rest, it can be as quick as you making a decision right now to fully throw yourself into the arms of Jesus in full surrender. And there find your rest for the remainder of your life and forever at home. The other way is to hold onto your life and to try to reform yourself by your own efforts and self-imposed religious pursuits. This is the long way home and it is a rough ride for sure.
I want to encourage you to avoid such a journey. I should know. My early Christian years were miserable. Once saved, I thought that by doing good deeds, witnessing and hours of bible reading, and prayer (every morning from 4a to 7a) would keep me "right" before God. The more a sought Him the wrong way the further away from Him I felt. Stubborn and of little faith - it was hard for me to believe that Jesus could really love me, after all, He knew everything about me (and what I knew about me was not good.) But when His grace broke through upon my heart - surrendering became the greatest REST I could have ever known.
Sadly today far too many of my brothers and sisters have been given life yet they are still bound in their graveclothes like Lazarus. Today is the day for you to unwrapped and set from dear Christian!
“In this hour of all-but-universal darkness, one cheering gleam appears: within the fold of conservative Christianity there are to be found increasing numbers of persons whose religious lives are marked by a growing hunger after God Himself. They are eager for spiritual realities and will not be put off with words, nor will they be content with correct "interpretations" of truth. They are athirst for God, and they will not be satisfied till they have drunk deep at the Fountain of Living Water.” wrote A.W. Tozer and I agree.
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