Another gap in time…wow!...since the day after Christmas. It’s been pretty intense around here. However, I finally laid everything else aside on Tuesday and made a trip to the mountain. It was gorgeous! I’ll stick on a photo of that majestic geological marvel. I did a couple runs alone, then returned to the truck to release the dogs for a final run on the trail all the way down to Government Camp. They go nuts with excitement over that trek. Fun.
Have a great 5th day of this new year…by making a priority of Matthew 6:33.
I’d like to attempt paraphrasing this idea in my own words. “The person who makes good use of his intelligence, who grapples with the big issues of cause and effect, who recognizes spiritual reality beyond physical reality, and arrives at the firm conclusion that he, in himself, is not big enough or smart enough to safely determine his own course through life and beyond. In other words, this person knows he desperately needs God. These perspectives and attitudes of heart are the very qualities that open one to receiving God’s further illumination and grace, leading one into His friendly presence for time and eternity.”
A sobering deduction can be drawn from this by calculating the outcome of an opposite orientation. For if a person concludes that he himself is sufficient for the task of successfully doing life and eternity, with the confidence that he has no need of God, there is no biblical support for thinking this person will ultimately end up in a heavenly state. After all, the opposite of “blessed” is “cursed.”
This deep sense of desperately needing God is amplified in verse 6: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”
O, what thoughts! O, what promises! O, what a destiny!