"For those of us who have been Christians for a while, it becomes easy to think that we've pretty much exhausted the possibilities of the Christian life. We can settle into a routine of activities at church and in our small groups and Bible studies, with little expectation of anything new. The familiar becomes the predictable, and everything from here on out will be more of the same. We dip our teaspoon into the vast ocean of the living God. Holding that teaspoon in our hand, we say, 'This is God.' we pour it out into our lives, and we say, 'This is the Christian experience.'
God calls us to dive into the ocean. He call us into ever new regions of his fullness, his immensity, his all-sufficiency. There is more for us in Christ than we have yet apprehended. Let's never think that we have him figured out or that we've seen all he can do. The Bible is not a guidebook to a theological museum. It is a road map showing us the way into neglected or even forgotten glories of the living God."
- Ray Ortlund,When God Comes to Church
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agree!
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This is so true and so powerful. Thanks for sharing!
So how exactly do we dive in? I would like to know, so I can do just that. Old habits die hard.
Amen!
I think we let things become routine. If we see the Christian life as waking up on Sunday going to church, going to small group during the week, possibly reading the Bible occasionally, then we have missed the ocean. I think we need to try to experience God by stretching ourselves and our ministry. By putting ourselves in such a difficult position that we can only look to Him for help. By taking risk.
Thanks for this post. Christian life is really an adventure with God.
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