While I am the first to declare that when God wants to get His point across He will be very blunt and keep presenting you with His will, I also am learning about the incredibly hard journey it is to be a disciple of Christ. We often get absorbed with whatever is easy and comfortable and never dare to let God be in control of our lives. We say He can do whatever He wants, as long as it isn't too inconvenient.
What kind of people would we become if we actually allowed God to fulfill His purpose in us? What kind of revolution would we lead if we actually had the guts to listen to God and do what He wants for us?
Jesus never claimed that following Him would be easy (in fact, it often leads to embarrassment, poverty, and sometimes death). But he DID declare that living the kind of life he spoke of would be the best possible way of living, a full life, an abundant life!!
May we be people who don't always look for the easy way out. May we strive to follow Christ more closely than we ever have before. May we experience the full, abundant life of the Kingdom of God here on earth.
The further you get up the trail, the harder the terrain to trod!
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