John 3:16
“God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. . .”
What of Today’s Verse…
Salvation is not deliverance from sin, nor the experience of personal holiness; the salvation of God is deliverance out of self entirely into union with Himself. My experimental knowledge of salvation will be similarly -OR similar to deliverance from sin and of personal holiness; but salvation means that the Spirit of God has brought me into touch with God’s personality, and I am thrilled with something infinitely greater than myself, I am caught up into the abandonment of God.
To say that we are called to preach holiness or sanctification is to get into a side eddy. We are called to proclaim Jesus Christ. The fact that He saves from sin and makes us holy is part of the effect of the wonderful abandonment of God.
Abandonment never produces the consciousness of its own effort, because the whole life is taken up with the One to Whom, we abandon. Beware of talking about abandonment if you know nothing about it, and you will never know anything about it until you have realized that John 3:16 means that God gave Himself absolutely. In our abandonment we give ourselves over to God just as God gave Himself for us, without any calculation. The consequence of abandonment never enters our outlook because our life is taken up with Him.
Words of Wisdom
Rise above it…
When you’re at the mercy of petty desires and distractions, great achievements are impossible. To the degree that you let the little things get to you, you allow your life to be controlled by the whims of others.
Rise above the pettiness. Take control of your own life. Focus your enormous energy on the things that really matter.
Someone said something that sort of offends you? So what? That’s their problem. Someone looked at you the wrong way? Who cares? Replace the petty thoughts of anger, jealousy and spite with thoughts of strength.
Calm down. Rise above the little, insignificant things. Focus your thoughts in the direction of fulfillment and accomplishment.
