Thursday, July 28, 2011

AFTER OBEDIENCE - WHAT?

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"And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side. . . ." Mark 6:45-52
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We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us, and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success. We must never put our dreams of success as God's purpose for us; His purpose may be exactly the opposite. We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not. The question of getting to a particular end is a mere incident. What we call the process, God calls the end.
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God's training is for now, not presently. His purpose is for this minute, not for something in the future. We have nothing to do with the afterwards of obedience.
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