Food for the Journey...

 

This work must continue until we are all joined together in the same faith and in the same knowledge of the Son of God.  We must become like a mature person, growing until we become like Christ and have his perfection.

                                                                                              -------Ephesians 4:13[NCV]

 

     Man cannot find the true essential joy of his life anywhere but in his relationship to God.

                                                                                                     -------Oswald Chambers

 

 

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     Someone has pointed out that God is looking for balanced Christians - not bionic Christians.  It's easy to confuse having the perfection of Christ with becoming legalistic.  Look closely at the earthly ministry of Christ and you see someone who enjoyed life.  He should have.  He is the author of life.

         Martin Luther said it this way: "Listen to the angel's song, all you who have a troubled heart!  'I bring you good tidings of great joy!'  Never let the thought cross your mind that Christ is angry with you!  Jesus did not come to condemn you.  If you want to define Christ rightly, then pay heed to how the angel defines Him, namely, 'a great joy!'"

         Presbyterians say, "Man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him forever."  This doesn't begin when we die and go to Heaven.  It can start right now.  The Christmas song is true all year long: "Joy to the world!  The Lord is come!"

           Imagine what our Christian experience would be like if, every day ... we celebrated Christ in us! 

 

Blessings,

 

John