Thank you Jason. I have read, reread, and reflected on this post. It gets to the heart of so many issues. As I continue to think and write about spiritual leadership, your thoughts hit home. Thank you.
Wow I love this!! I have come to see this as the primary thing for all of us, leaving behind cliche phrases that no longer hold much meaning, and really asking who will be in charge of our lives? This is how the gospel is something for all, will we meet God as He has met us? (Wherever that is!) May we all continue to find our identity in Christ!
When I just read this from Invictus and Westminster Catechism I actually felt a lightness in my spirit- like ‘ thank God literally that I don’t need to worry about who I am, I just need to have a relationship with Jesus and to try to be like him’ That is freeing
Revealingly hard to read, but glad I muscled through to the end. God's freedom doesn't look like freedom until we take hold of it and are willing to be rescued from the trap of our self-made selves and narratives by our Maker. A plant does not compete with the sun, indeed. That analogy alone corrects our perspective. Thank you for this.
Thank you for reading and for your helpful comment. There is freedom that can only come when God, our maker, seizes us and frees us from the trap you name. When He becomes what has rapt - seized - our hearts and minds, compared to all the world that enraptures us and homogenises us.
Thanks Jason for being a powerful example of what honest Christianity looks like.
Thank you for reading and taking the time to let me know this
Thank you Jason. I have read, reread, and reflected on this post. It gets to the heart of so many issues. As I continue to think and write about spiritual leadership, your thoughts hit home. Thank you.
Thank you for the rereading and letting me know this!
Wow I love this!! I have come to see this as the primary thing for all of us, leaving behind cliche phrases that no longer hold much meaning, and really asking who will be in charge of our lives? This is how the gospel is something for all, will we meet God as He has met us? (Wherever that is!) May we all continue to find our identity in Christ!
What a great question, 'Will we meet God as He has met us?' Thank you.
Yes! Surrendering to love, over and over again.
When I just read this from Invictus and Westminster Catechism I actually felt a lightness in my spirit- like ‘ thank God literally that I don’t need to worry about who I am, I just need to have a relationship with Jesus and to try to be like him’ That is freeing
It is so freeing isn't it :-)
And I got muddled - not that I am master of my soul or Captain of my ship at all, but that God is, and that is freeing
Revealingly hard to read, but glad I muscled through to the end. God's freedom doesn't look like freedom until we take hold of it and are willing to be rescued from the trap of our self-made selves and narratives by our Maker. A plant does not compete with the sun, indeed. That analogy alone corrects our perspective. Thank you for this.
Thank you for reading and for your helpful comment. There is freedom that can only come when God, our maker, seizes us and frees us from the trap you name. When He becomes what has rapt - seized - our hearts and minds, compared to all the world that enraptures us and homogenises us.
Brilliant, again. And a message I am not hearing elsewhere. I hope you are gathering all these thoughts into a book?
I am indeed, thank you!
Powerful truth! Thank you
thanks for reading and taking the time to comment
Thank you Jason. I love these: "I am from Love, of Love, for Love."
And, "A plant does not compete with the sun. The more light it receives, the more fully it becomes a plant."
It is so arresting, isn't it? "I am from Love, of Love, for Love." Hope you are well Debbie!