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I think it goes back to when we looked at proverbs 4 and what wisdom means. If we are to begin to think and talk and pray about our path in showing, through consummate lives of worship, the glory of the impending kingdom then we must begin with yielding to all things we do not yet know. It is not inertia to stand in the light “as He is in the light”. It is wisdom. The paths we will be led on, that very individual and spiritual land God gives to every disciple and apostle to walk toward and work on as a life journey, will overwhelm our human senses. We cannot hope to make a dent by ourselves. The first reaction will always be doubt and fear. It is supposed to break something in us but only because those places are already too fragile. It is supposed to build something stronger in their place.
We need to understand the path of humility because otherwise we might think our way into an idea that God wants another mega Church or wonder Bank for the gospel. These are things He dismissed millennia ago. He is not trying to be popular for the sake of empty praise. He is building an eternal house in Himself for all souls.
This is how we know the depth of the thing we are involved in. The height of it is in God and the depth of it is the time we spend in His light. We cannot hope to hit any of that height focused on raw ambition or mere self-belief. A man or woman may build an empire on the earth through sheer will, self belief and persistence. That is a given. That is happening and has happened through the ages. What he or she cannot possibly do in this way is to build a house that will last forever. This is the part and path of human existence that starts and ends with wisdom. This is the victory that is us in worship before our God.