Indifference

When people are indifferent toward God they tend to believe that He is indifferent toward them. This is a grave mistake. God has a plan for every single person. It is a plan to save or to destroy us (because of our unconfessed sin and disobedience). God is never indifferent toward any of us. He has very strong feelings about us - one way or the other.

Warnings

Warnings rarely come with a count down. We can't tell when we've had our last chance to change our behavior or change our course. The moment we realize that a change is necessary though, is the very best time to take action to change our behavior or our course of action.

Life's Questions

Life is filled with questions. Some of them go unanswered (and we're never quite sure why that is). At times, those unanswered questions create nagging, spirit-destroying doubt. Some of us choose to live with those doubts. We ignore them and move on. Others become cynical and bitter, with hard hearts as a result of our doubts.

But spiritually mature Christ-followers reject those options. Instead, they make peace with their unanswered questions, and learn to live in harmony with life's ambiguities. They continue to ask the questions - and always believe that there are answers. But they know that God is in control of the answers and that He will reveal those answers to us in His perfect timing.

Means To An End

The means we use to accomplish a goal are just as important as the goal we are trying to accomplish. Said differently, the route we take to get there is just as important, if not more so, than the destination itself.

Accomplishment

Anything that I truly accomplish in life comes as a result of God's help. So I have no reason to take pride in myself, in my team or in my work. But I have every reason to be very grateful to God.

Humility Benefit

Humility allows us to be content with God's leading in our lives. But without humility, we'll always want something that God doesn't intend to provide.

Love & Lust

Love and lust are very different. Love is patient, but lust requires immediate satisfaction. Love is kind, but lust is harsh. Love does not demand its own way, but lust is quite selfish. Lust may feel like love, but when physically expressed it results in disgust for yourself and hatred of the other person. If you just can't wait - then what you feel is not love.