“It's not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What's hard, she said, is figuring out what you're willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about.”
― Shauna Niequist, Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way
PSALM 17-18
ACTS 19:1-20
8Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. 9But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. 10This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.
JOURNAL
David speaks of God being his rock and his fortress. David has given up depending on anything else...David understands that seeking refuge in God through obedience is the only way through the trials of life. It is the only way to find true joy. Doing so however requires a giving up of those things other that God that I have put my hope and faith in.
In essence I must let go of something in order to make room to allow me to take hold of something else. This is common logic. Yet I find that often I am holding on to too many things. There are hopes and wishes and desires that I must let go of in order to truly follow Christ. Otherwise I will never truly embrace the discipline required to completely follow.
This is the hard truth of life...to get, you have to give up. I cannot have it all, therefore I must choose what will be my God and what will I cling to at all cost?
25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
In essence I must let go of something in order to make room to allow me to take hold of something else. This is common logic. Yet I find that often I am holding on to too many things. There are hopes and wishes and desires that I must let go of in order to truly follow Christ. Otherwise I will never truly embrace the discipline required to completely follow.
This is the hard truth of life...to get, you have to give up. I cannot have it all, therefore I must choose what will be my God and what will I cling to at all cost?
25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
LUKE 14:25-27
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