Taken from Elizabeth Elliot's 'A Lamp unto my feet'
God's love holds us to the highest. This was the kind of love Amy Carmicheal of india prayed for and taught to the children in Dohnavur- this love, the kind wherewith God loved us. " Hold one another to the highest," she told them. God's purpose was to life us out of ourselves, out the the miry clay, and set our feet on a rock. We are not saviours, but we can help others towards faith. This means no only loving them while they're still in the mire but also loving them out of it. We must love them as they are and ove them enough to draw them higher. Jesus said, " For their sakes, I sanctify myself" (John 17: 19) His holy obedience to the Father saved us. Our holy obedience to the Father makes a differece to those we love.
My take on it: i thought this was a lovely devotion to do on New years day. Well, it would be a lovely devotion to do on any day. To remind ourselves that people measure us as Christians by how much we demonstrate God's love.
I read a story on how this single mother came to know Christ, despite the verment objections of her friend. When she was down and out, the church people came and helped her look after her baby so that she could go find a job. She said in reply to her friends who objected " they carried my baby"
Holy- to be set apart. It goes beyond the extent of being good. Being good is a moral obligation, an obligation set by the world. Being holy is a obligation set by God, a calling to be 'set apart'. To what has he called us to be obedient to then? To love God with all our heart, soul strength and mind and to love others as yourself
Taken from Elizabeth Elliot's 'A Lamp unto my feet'
God's love holds us to the highest. This was the kind of love Amy Carmicheal of india prayed for and taught to the children in Dohnavur- this love, the kind wherewith God loved us. " Hold one another to the highest," she told them. God's purpose was to life us out of ourselves, out the the miry clay, and set our feet on a rock. We are not saviours, but we can help others towards faith. This means no only loving them while they're still in the mire but also loving them out of it. We must love them as they are and ove them enough to draw them higher. Jesus said, " For their sakes, I sanctify myself" (John 17: 19) His holy obedience to the Father saved us. Our holy obedience to the Father makes a differece to those we love.
My take on it: i thought this was a lovely devotion to do on New years day. Well, it would be a lovely devotion to do on any day. To remind ourselves that people measure us as Christians by how much we demonstrate God's love.
I read a story on how this single mother came to know Christ, despite the verment objections of her friend. When she was down and out, the church people came and helped her look after her baby so that she could go find a job. She said in reply to her friends who objected " they carried my baby"
Holy- to be set apart. It goes beyond the extent of being good. Being good is a moral obligation, an obligation set by the world. Being holy is a obligation set by God, a calling to be 'set apart'. To what has he called us to be obedient to then? To love God with all our heart, soul strength and mind and to love others as yourself
Although the fig tree shall not blossom
neither shall fruit be in the vines;
the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat;
the flock shall be cut off from the fold,
and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.
Habakkuk 3:17-18
This lullaby is only a few words
A simple run of chords
Quiet here in this spare room
But you can hear it, hear it
Wherever you may go
I will let you down
But this lullaby plays on