Discipline.
It sounds like a bad word, doesn't it?
We cannot discipline ourselves to be better and make God love us more.
Nor will a lack of discipline make God love us any less.
HOWEVER.
Don't you think good stuff comes from discipline, too?
"God doesn't care about the work and the discipline you put into it. He doesn't love you for what you do, He loves you for who you are."
Okay, yes. God does love us. Unconditionally. That means that nothing we do or do not do will make Him love us less.
BUT.
Have you heard the phrase "Faith without works is dead" ? (James 2:20) Maybe... Just a little bit... It IS about the discipline.
Soaking feels great. To quiet yourself and listen.
But there needs to be both...
Discipline will not save you, but neither will sitting and simply believing.
See what I'm getting at?
God can and does speak directly to us, but we shouldn't just sit and wait for Him to do so.
We need to seek and pursue with all our hearts - put in a little effort.
Eric Samuel Timm posted something on Instagram the other day that I loved. I didn't agree with some of the ideas presented, but the main message was to be an intellectual Pentecostal - devoting your passion to both the intellectual pursuit as well as the emotional response.
Isn't that what we should strive for?
But there needs to be both...
Discipline will not save you, but neither will sitting and simply believing.
See what I'm getting at?
God can and does speak directly to us, but we shouldn't just sit and wait for Him to do so.
We need to seek and pursue with all our hearts - put in a little effort.
Eric Samuel Timm posted something on Instagram the other day that I loved. I didn't agree with some of the ideas presented, but the main message was to be an intellectual Pentecostal - devoting your passion to both the intellectual pursuit as well as the emotional response.
Isn't that what we should strive for?
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