Presenting ...
... a weekly letter of encouragement.
15 January, 1997 - Singapore
Good Morning!
COMPLACENCY - STAGNATION - DEATH
This morning I had breakfast with a businessman who is coasting
spiritually. Basically, he's bored with his Christian experience...and
under-challenged with life in general.
At mid-life he has mastered his profession, enjoys the easy
life-style of private clubs, trips abroad, and the respect
of his peers. His time with God is bland. His involvement
in ministry is dutiful, uneventful, and...predictable.
There is no overt sin in his life, you understand.
Basically, he's a nice guy, who faithfully shows up each week
at church and Bible study.
But he's dying from within. -- Bloated from too much
intake and too little outflow.
WHAT IS MISSING IS THE VERY LIFE OF CHRIST PULSATING THROUGH
HIS VEINS:
- Jesus wept over Jerusalem.
- Jesus washed people's feet.
- Jesus climbed into an electric chair and died.
- Jesus cautioned us:
"Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me
will save it."
(Luke 9:24)
So I asked him, "IF YOU
ARE STAGNATED NOW, WHAT WILL YOU BE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW?"
I then challenged him to find the highest
piece of real estate in his city:
"Go to the top, look over the city and pray, asking
God to allow you to see your city through the eyes of Jesus who
wept over Jerusalem as He viewed their tragically lost condition."
(Matthew 23:37-39)
I urged him to ask God to give him a vision
for his world that was larger than his safe and diminished life...A
vision that would demand faith and sacrifice.
Is it not true that UNLESS WE ARE
INVOLVED IN A LIFE OF SACRIFICE IN FULFILLING A GOD-GIVEN VISION,
WE TOO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DYING?
So...Let me ask you:
What is your vision? What is your passion? For
what are you expending your life? Is it the life of the cross
or simply "business as usual.?" If it is
"business as usual,"
YOU MAY BE A SPIRITUAL CADAVER
IN THE MAKING.
My prayer is that you are having a great week!
Dwight Hill
- 1 Coleman Street #02-34
The Adelphi - Singapore 0617 .
- Phone: 337 6498; Fax: 336 9913
(c) Copyright 1996 Dwight Hill. Unlimited permission to copy or use is hereby granted subject to inclusion of this copyright notice.
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