When we begin to see things from God's point of view, our earthly interests will wane and our heavenly interests will wax. Concentration boils things down to their essence. Concentration on Christ will tighten the focus of earthly endeavors to their connection with Kingdom come. Simultaneously, this concentration with respect to what is above, though a narrow door, gives way to an expansive playground of increased interests. There are matters about which one never imagined or considered now unlocked by passing through the narrow door of faith in Christ alone. So we see former things narrowed and faithful things broadened. We do not become less interested by losing interest in some earthly matters, but gain, overall, more interest in retaining the matters of faith concerning our everyday duties while gaining an array of faithful duties and delights of which we never previously showed interest.
Thursday, November 12, 2020
day no. 15,361: compound interests
"Are we prepared for what sanctification will cost? It will cost an intense narrowing of all our interests on earth, and an immense broadening of all our interests in God. Sanctification means intense concentration on God’s point of view." -- Oswald chambers, My Utmost for His Highest
When we begin to see things from God's point of view, our earthly interests will wane and our heavenly interests will wax. Concentration boils things down to their essence. Concentration on Christ will tighten the focus of earthly endeavors to their connection with Kingdom come. Simultaneously, this concentration with respect to what is above, though a narrow door, gives way to an expansive playground of increased interests. There are matters about which one never imagined or considered now unlocked by passing through the narrow door of faith in Christ alone. So we see former things narrowed and faithful things broadened. We do not become less interested by losing interest in some earthly matters, but gain, overall, more interest in retaining the matters of faith concerning our everyday duties while gaining an array of faithful duties and delights of which we never previously showed interest.
When we begin to see things from God's point of view, our earthly interests will wane and our heavenly interests will wax. Concentration boils things down to their essence. Concentration on Christ will tighten the focus of earthly endeavors to their connection with Kingdom come. Simultaneously, this concentration with respect to what is above, though a narrow door, gives way to an expansive playground of increased interests. There are matters about which one never imagined or considered now unlocked by passing through the narrow door of faith in Christ alone. So we see former things narrowed and faithful things broadened. We do not become less interested by losing interest in some earthly matters, but gain, overall, more interest in retaining the matters of faith concerning our everyday duties while gaining an array of faithful duties and delights of which we never previously showed interest.
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