When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.
-1 Corinthians 13:11
One of the biggest things that bothers me to my core is men not taking responsibility. It bothers me that men do not serve. It bothers me that men do not sacrificially love. It bothers me that men are so selfish. To sum it up, it bothers me that men act like children.
I think the reason all these things bother me is because I see myself in much of those traits when I "fall out of repentance." My desire is to love & serve the Lord and this is, no doubt, God given. But there are times when I feel childish, selfish, and dont want to take responsibility. Its then that God reminds me that Christ took responsibly for something that wasn't His (sin) to pay the penalty to share in everlasting joy. Christ's example of sacrificial love is something that every man should strive for by God's grace.
So I end with a note to myself and a video to share. Robert, you were bought with a price to serve the Lord. Now go, love God and love others, without thinking selfishly and by God's grace you will experience joy.
I think the reason all these things bother me is because I see myself in much of those traits when I "fall out of repentance." My desire is to love & serve the Lord and this is, no doubt, God given. But there are times when I feel childish, selfish, and dont want to take responsibility. Its then that God reminds me that Christ took responsibly for something that wasn't His (sin) to pay the penalty to share in everlasting joy. Christ's example of sacrificial love is something that every man should strive for by God's grace.
So I end with a note to myself and a video to share. Robert, you were bought with a price to serve the Lord. Now go, love God and love others, without thinking selfishly and by God's grace you will experience joy.
-Robert
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