The last month I have been working part-time teaching English as a second language to business persons and their families. One of the clients that I work with has been teaching me daily lessons on faith.
A Catholic background and different native tongue have not stopped God from speaking through this lady`s life. She has been teaching me lessons on forgiveness, virtue, humility, evangelism, etc. Tonight she was telling me that all she wanted to do was be close to God. I feel like God is trying to teach me a lesson because this is the same theme that I read in the Ted Dekker book today. The question in the book was, "Do you live to die in order to be with Christ? Are you longing for eternal bliss?"
I think the point the author was making is that many Christians today have settled for the slumber of Christianity. Many Christians live unfulfilling and adventureless lives. Few of us have an unsatiable appetite for God` Word and a deep longing to be with him every second of everyday. In fact, if you are anything like me, I can go weeks without a "longing" to spend time in God`s Word.
This is what I found so profound this evening. A woman who is living in a different country, speaking a foreign language, having one friend, no real identity, this amazing woman has a deep and utterly mystifying longing for Christ. She wants to spend time listening to Him each day. She thanks God everyday for who and what she has. Do you do that? I know that I don`t. There have been times in my life where that was true, but not lately.
When I opened my Bible this evening, I landed on John 15. "Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself, it must remain in the vine."
We cannot live fulfilling and purposeful lives without Christ. We cannot bear fruit without Him. Why is it then, that we insist on trying to live life on our own?
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