January 02, 2012
Do You See What I See
On January 1st the media always does a look back over what
they consider to be the big events of the year. Usually the stories revolve
around tragedy, scandal and political gamesmanship…or lack thereof. As
individuals we too can fall into the same trap by mentally highlighting the past
year’s losses and failures. However Paul reminds me of the importance of putting
on spiritual glasses when I look back on 2011. “We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly
so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you
has for each other is increasing.” (2 Thessalonians 1:3 NIV)
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Gail;
-----”Growing more and more,” is a concept which must itself look upon the past’s losses and failures, otherwise “more” has no reference point from which to mean what it does. There is this legitimacy about looking back at the negatives. But the good news about it is that the reference point only serves a purpose in growth, improvement, and drawing nearer to the Lord. If looking back to either the good or the bad were a purpose in itself, then the looking back itself becomes a trap. For whether it was good or bad which has gone by, our purpose does not lie there in the past, our purpose is where we are hid with Christ in God and when what we are will be revealed with Him.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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