![]() ![]() My personal life may be crowded with small petty incidents, altogether unnoticeable and mean but if I obey Jesus Christ in the haphazard circumstances, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God, and when I stand face to face with God I will discover that through my obedience thousands were blessed. ![]() Jesus Christ will not help me to obey Him, I must obey Him and when I do obey Him, I fulfil my spiritual destiny. If I hesitate, it is because I love some one else in competition with Him, viz., myself. The Lord does not give me rules, He makes His standard very clear, and if my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without any hesitation. Never interpret these words apart from the One Who uttered them. Our Lord is not talking of eternal positions, but of being of value to Himself in this order of things, that is why He sounds so stern (cf. " If any man will be My disciple, let him deny himself," let him give up his right to himself to Me. ![]() That is why whenever Our Lord talked about discipleship, He prefaced it with an IF - you do not need to unless you like. We have to obey Him out of a oneness of spirit. Our Lord never insists upon obedience He tells us very emphatically what we ought to do, but He never takes means to make us do it. ![]()
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