I came to the realization this evening that I’ve been operating on the assumption that I will one day “make it.” \u00a0Living under the delusion that at some point I will arrive. I realize now that I will never \u201cmake it\u201d, I will never \u201carrive.\u201d \u00a0This race that I’m on, the goal that I’m striving for, cannot be attained this side of heaven. Yet Christ will have me pick up my cross daily. I must keep on keeping on. For it is by grace I have been saved, not by works so that I cannot boast. It is the gift of God. Father give me strength.<\/p>\n
A quick side note, the wind went away, but we had a foot of snow on the ground this morning.<\/p>\n
Psalm 83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.<\/em><\/p>\n 83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em> Proverbs 15:2-3 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.<\/em><\/p>\n 15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.<\/em><\/p>\n I Chronicles 10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em> I came to the realization this evening that I’ve been operating on the assumption that I will one day “make it.” \u00a0Living under the delusion that at some point I will arrive. I realize now that I will never \u201cmake it\u201d, I will never \u201carrive.\u201d \u00a0This race that I’m on, the goal that I’m striving … Continue reading “Something I just learned”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.michel2010.name\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.michel2010.name\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.michel2010.name\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.michel2010.name\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.michel2010.name\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.michel2010.name\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.michel2010.name\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.michel2010.name\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.michel2010.name\/eric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFather if this is what it takes to get me to chase You, please do it.<\/p>\n
\nUltimately all of the things Saul died for boil down to disobedience. That is a sobering thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"