ok...as much as i love the holidays...and all it entails..i do not love the winter...or its weather...but it is needed...it’s that time of year...when things die in order to come back to life stronger and more mature in the spring...which is an awesome reminder from our loving God that every season is a necessary part of life and growth...
as christians...many times we avoid (at ALL costs) anything that will break us...crush us or cause any amount of discomfort...we love the verse, “but thanks be to God...who always leads us in triumph in Christ, & manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place” (2 corinthians 2:14), but we forget that triumph in Christ requires a cross & becoming an aroma will involve a crushing...and in order to be a new creation...something must die...
a.w. tozer said, “among the plastic saints of our times, Jesus has to do all the dying, and all we want to hear is another sermon about his dying.” we want the resurrection without the crucifixion...without death...but really this should be christianity 101...i give up my rights...my wants...my desires and dreams...and i exchange them for Him and for His perfect leadership in my life...because the truth is...i am human and i will screw it up...
another scripture that we love is revelation 12:11, “they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony” but we leave out the last part: “they didn’t love their life so much that they refused to give it up.” overcoming will require that you lay down your life...
i have been asking the Lord to show me how to die...to come gently like a winter snow and place His finger on the things in my life that i haven’t handed over to Him and the rights that...in my arrogance...i think i have...this winter...ask Him to do the same in your life....because for everything that dies...something new...beautiful and fruitful will grow in its place...
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