In a way, my adult life has been a struggle against the temptation to reduce faith. To make it something less than God intended. Less than the Scriptures describe.
- Accepting Christ instead of KNOWING Christ.
- Living a comfortable life rather than an ABUNDANT life.
- Substituting being nice for being LIKE Christ.
- Settling for the hope of a distant heaven when I should be building the KINGDOM of heaven here and now.
Whenever I consciously expand my definition of Christian faith, rather than reduce it, I find life more enjoyable.
More exciting.
More fulfilling.
C.S. Lewis wrote, "It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."
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