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Mind. Blown.

September 22, 2011

2 Thessalonians 1:11–12

To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

This verse is like a giant mind explosion when you start to play it out.

What does it mean to made worthy of God’s calling?

What would it look like for the name of Jesus to be glorified in me?

Do you really mean EVERY resolve for good…and EVERY work of faith?

I mean realistically, how could any of us become worthy of the calling and anointing of a perfect God?

It’s such an incredible mystery because I feel like I can’t even comprehend just how deep and how perfect that calling must be…let alone create a framework to know what I must do, or who I must be in order to be worthy of it…

How do you achieve perfection? How do you complete the infinite?

You don’t.

Recently God has been teaching me about the depth of who He is…about the finite reality that is both EVERYTHING I know…and yet NOTHING when compared to his vastness. It’s hard to sometimes not feel almost depressed…because I realize how short my lifespan is…how little impact I can really make in the broad spectrum of the universe…

AND YET…

It is in this way that God is teaching me about the meaningless of life without Him. The purposelessness of living with a relationship with Jesus.

I mean if the GOSPEL IS TRUE, and JESUS REALLY IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS…then that very fact takes the meaninglessness of my life and gives it infinite purpose. It takes the nothingness of who I am and brings it inline with the divine precision by which God initiated and sustains all of creation…

And thats just getting started…thats just the first layer of truth…THIS IS BEFORE WE EVEN START TO PLAY OUT THE DETAILS…

Mind. Blown.

C.S. Lewis said that if the Gospel is true then it is of infinite importance…if it is not true…it is completely unimportant….the only thing it CANNOT BE….is of medium importance.

Jesus please continue to teach me of the manifold importance and purpose you bring me…and of the desolate wasteland that is life apart from you…I want to continually be increasing in submission to you…that by your grace you may make me worthy of your calling, and you would be glorified through me.

B.

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