It's December. That means we are 91% of the way through the Bible. It has been a long journey. And today, a passage really hit me. Here it is:
"Dear, dear Corinthians, I can't tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life. We didn't fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren't small, but you're living them in a small way. I'm speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. Open up your lives. Live openly and expansively!" (2 Corinthians 6:11-13).
I'm struck by this passage because I have to admit that I don't live openly and expansively. Instead, I typically choose routine because routine is safe. But living safely is not what God created, redeemed, adopted, gifted and called me to do.
I must tear down the fences I have constructed for myself. I must press through my own restraint. I must raise expectations for myself.
Lord, help me to open up my life. Help me live openly and expansively!
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