Dare We Desire?
Yo, yo, and hello everyone! I hope all is well with all of you.
I have read the third chapter in Journey of Desire. The title of it is Dare We Desire. The chapter begins with the story from John ch. 5 where Jesus goes to the pool of Bethesda and heals a man who is crippled. This is a story of desire. Too many Christians think that we are to just grine and bear it when bad things happen or when things don't turn out the way we want them to. Some think we aren't supposed to desire things or at least not take it seariously. But Jesus came to revive the desires within us. I believe God gave us passions and desires for a reason. He gave us those so we would live life to the fullest and bring Him glory and praise for it all. "The glory of God is man fully alive" someone once said (and that quote appears in another Eldridge book Waking the Dead). Some Christians reduce Christianity to mere religion and rule following. All that does is shuash our desires and then we don't hear Jesus calling us anymore. When Jesus comes into our lives, He brings out our desires again.
The chapter ends with a retelling of the Parabe of the Prodigal Son. It too is a story of desire. The yonger son wanted something, but started looking for it in all the wrong places, and so he ran off looking for "freedom". The father just wanted his son back. He didn't want to punish him or set him straight. He just wanted the boy back home again. The older brother was rule follower. When the yonger brother came back home, the father through a part for him, because he had his son back home again. But when the older brother found out about it, he refused to go in. When the father tried to persuade him to come, the older one said that he had always did what the father wanted and never disobeyed. But he never got a party of any kind. Now the yonger one had run off and squandered his share of the family inheritance came home, he got a party and even had a feast. The father said that all he had was the son's too and could have had that any time he wanted, but never asked. They had to celebrate because the yonger son was dead but had become alive again. He was lost and been found. "The question is not, Dare we desire, but dare we not desire"?
Well, my mom left for Cameroun today. She felt 100% better yesterday, the doctors checked her out again and said she could go. She's flying to Chicago; then to Paris, France; then on to Cameroun where she'll get back with Dad and Jim. She's not over-nighting anywhere. She's just having a few hour lay-over in Chicago and Paris and then on to her next destination. Please keep her in your prayers especially today. And for Dad, Mom, and Jim as they teach this seminar over there. Thanks! God bless you all in Jesus' name today and everyday.
Zack
I have read the third chapter in Journey of Desire. The title of it is Dare We Desire. The chapter begins with the story from John ch. 5 where Jesus goes to the pool of Bethesda and heals a man who is crippled. This is a story of desire. Too many Christians think that we are to just grine and bear it when bad things happen or when things don't turn out the way we want them to. Some think we aren't supposed to desire things or at least not take it seariously. But Jesus came to revive the desires within us. I believe God gave us passions and desires for a reason. He gave us those so we would live life to the fullest and bring Him glory and praise for it all. "The glory of God is man fully alive" someone once said (and that quote appears in another Eldridge book Waking the Dead). Some Christians reduce Christianity to mere religion and rule following. All that does is shuash our desires and then we don't hear Jesus calling us anymore. When Jesus comes into our lives, He brings out our desires again.
The chapter ends with a retelling of the Parabe of the Prodigal Son. It too is a story of desire. The yonger son wanted something, but started looking for it in all the wrong places, and so he ran off looking for "freedom". The father just wanted his son back. He didn't want to punish him or set him straight. He just wanted the boy back home again. The older brother was rule follower. When the yonger brother came back home, the father through a part for him, because he had his son back home again. But when the older brother found out about it, he refused to go in. When the father tried to persuade him to come, the older one said that he had always did what the father wanted and never disobeyed. But he never got a party of any kind. Now the yonger one had run off and squandered his share of the family inheritance came home, he got a party and even had a feast. The father said that all he had was the son's too and could have had that any time he wanted, but never asked. They had to celebrate because the yonger son was dead but had become alive again. He was lost and been found. "The question is not, Dare we desire, but dare we not desire"?
Well, my mom left for Cameroun today. She felt 100% better yesterday, the doctors checked her out again and said she could go. She's flying to Chicago; then to Paris, France; then on to Cameroun where she'll get back with Dad and Jim. She's not over-nighting anywhere. She's just having a few hour lay-over in Chicago and Paris and then on to her next destination. Please keep her in your prayers especially today. And for Dad, Mom, and Jim as they teach this seminar over there. Thanks! God bless you all in Jesus' name today and everyday.
Zack
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