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Aren’t we always just winding down to God?
All our lives and effort and positions and possibilities are tied to
this idea of divinity. We have tied it all up nicely to fit the form as best as
we see it. And in this wider sense of love and longing, it matters not how much
we get it right or understand or guess at the divine nature of things with
accuracy. All that matters is that we are being led in the right direction.
this idea of divinity. We have tied it all up nicely to fit the form as best as
we see it. And in this wider sense of love and longing, it matters not how much
we get it right or understand or guess at the divine nature of things with
accuracy. All that matters is that we are being led in the right direction.
I suspect that we have a problem with this because there is a massive
hero complex drawn across the modern human soul. We all ‘know’ now that we are
the protagonists of our own story and we are acting accordingly. We have set up
rules and principles with a semblance of God so in our following them, we
become worthy of our own story. We think grace has space for us and faith means
we power through.
hero complex drawn across the modern human soul. We all ‘know’ now that we are
the protagonists of our own story and we are acting accordingly. We have set up
rules and principles with a semblance of God so in our following them, we
become worthy of our own story. We think grace has space for us and faith means
we power through.
We are critically wrong on two fronts. First, there is no such thing as
becoming worthy of God. You are already worth everything He put into you. He has
paid the ultimate price for your salvation and eternal wellbeing. He did not
ask us to contribute. He did not ask us to participate. He did not ‘co-create’
this new reality with us. We are merely recipients of His great love and grace.
becoming worthy of God. You are already worth everything He put into you. He has
paid the ultimate price for your salvation and eternal wellbeing. He did not
ask us to contribute. He did not ask us to participate. He did not ‘co-create’
this new reality with us. We are merely recipients of His great love and grace.
The second, and perhaps the most pressing in our talk today, is how much
the height and depth and breadth of our life is winding down into God. All of
our self will be subsumed in that event of being torn from the brittle coil of
human life into the divine experience. This is not a clarion call to not give a
damn. It is in fact the very opposite. It is he or she who values the connection
with God that worries and frets over losing it. It is to that troubled soul
that the Godhead declares that it is impossible to be less worthy of the price
already paid. The road is one way. It is the road of love that ends in love and
love forevermore.
the height and depth and breadth of our life is winding down into God. All of
our self will be subsumed in that event of being torn from the brittle coil of
human life into the divine experience. This is not a clarion call to not give a
damn. It is in fact the very opposite. It is he or she who values the connection
with God that worries and frets over losing it. It is to that troubled soul
that the Godhead declares that it is impossible to be less worthy of the price
already paid. The road is one way. It is the road of love that ends in love and
love forevermore.