“Character is the product of daily, hourly actions, and words, and thoughts; daily forgivenesses, unselfishness, kindnesses, sympathies, charities, sacrifices for the good of others, struggles against temptation, submissiveness under trial. Oh, it is these, like the blending colors in a picture, or the blending notes of music, which constitute the man.”
– JR Mcaduff
“The most deadly poison of our times is indifference”
Maximilian Kolbe
Indifference is the malaise of spiritual apathy. It is the distinguishing mark of a life which is out of touch with God. The only cure is repentance and prayer (in that order).
Brian Troxel
“May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.”
– A.B. Simpson
“And the evening and the morning were the third day.”
Genesis 1:13
Time in God is marked by things accomplished. The third day was completed upon God finishing the work He had purposed for that given day. His life and works are recorded as things accomplished not as things promised. This living truth is the heartbeat and focus of those who are in Him.
“Not that I have already obtained all this,
or have already been perfected,
but I press on to take hold of that
for which Christ Jesus took hold of me”
Philippians 3:13
In reading the third chapter of Philippians it takes very little effort to see the centrality of Paul’s life and heart. It was one of pursuit and purpose. His life was about the apprehension of the purpose of God. His passion was wrapped up in accomplishing the thing that God had purposed for him and not just the contentment of a promise.
“But I have a baptism to be baptized with;
and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!”
Luke 12:50
This is the most poignant description of the passion and heart of Jesus. His whole being was bent to the accomplishment of the Will of His Father. He did not rest in the promises concerning Him but was motivated to the fulfillment of them; so it should be with us.
“Let us therefore fear, lest,
a promise being left us of entering into his rest,
any of you should seem to come short of it”
Hebrews 4:1
We are not to rest in doctrines, teachings and promises but we are to press toward the accomplishing of His will in the earth.
“I press toward the mark for the prize
of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus”
Philippians 3:14
Brian Troxel
“Wherefore doth the Lord make your cup run over, but that other men’s lips might taste the liquor? The showers that fall upon the highest mountains should glide into the lowest valleys. “Give, and it shall be given you”, is a maxim little believed.”
– William Secker
