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Discipleship Focus: Challenge
- Challenge: God does not merely wish us to be in relationship with Him as we are. He challenges us to grow, stretch, and transform as we take on the mantle of being His representatives to this world.
There are
two passages that I find hyper-challenging today, and I am a person who really
appreciates a good challenge. If
challenge is your thing, keep reading.
Hebrews 12:4
says this, “In your struggle against
sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.” This is a not so subtle reminder. God knows that He asked His own Son to die
for the sake of others. God has not yet
asked the same thing of me. This keeps
me humble. Am I willing to give to God
what He asked His Son to give for me? I
hope so!
At the end
of this chapter we have another challenging thought. We should approach God with a reverence that
is highly deserved. He gives us the
ability to accept His grace and love and mercy and we don’t deserve it. We deserve to be forced to wander the desert
forever without His love and mercy. We
deserve to be shaken to our very foundation.
But instead He extends His grace and love and mercy and desires to be
with us.
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