"For I know that this (present trial) will turn out for my deliverance (from idols) through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ...so now also Christ will be magnified...whether by life (as the Lord allows) or by death (of my vision). For to me, to live is Christ..." (Phil. 1:19-21)
God has a way of checking our lives...and removing anything and everything that rises above Christ. I think our Father wants to bring His children to maturity until they can say along with Paul:...to live is Christ! Anything short of that implies a certain clinging to hopes and expectations ...and hinders our race...Even a vision can become a weight, a snare...unless we learn endurance by "WAITING ON GOD"!
We are to continually offer ourselves...as living sacrifices (our reasonable service). The hardest battles we fight...involve defering our will to Christ's will for our lives. The greatest lie that the Adversary hopes to entice us with: We know better what is best for us and God merely sets boundaries to stiffle our enjoyment of life. If we were grounded in the love of God as demonstrated by Christ dying for us while we were yet sinners...we would capitulate much sooner and would avoid some battles altogether.
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