How true...

Author Pete Hammond nails it:

• I seek comfort – He invites me to join in his suffering.
  
  
• I like acceptance and approval – He calls me to be counter-cultural.
  
  
• I assume my right to safety – He calls me to personal risk.
  
  
• I desire financial security – He encourages generosity.
  
  
• I cherish privacy – He invites me into community.
  
  
• I yearn for personal significance – he made himself “of no reputation.”
  
  
• I hide for fear of being judged and rejected – He knows me fully and loves me.
  
  
• I really like my pillow – He had no place to lay his head.
  
  
• I want to prolong a healthy life – He calls me to die daily.
  
  
• I hide in macho male bravado – He weeps for others.
  
  
• I love good regular meals – He feeds others.
  
  
• I ponder doctrine – He practices love.
  
  
• I crave success – He wants me to oppose evil at all costs.
  
  
• I seek out important people – He befriends the despised and rejected.
  
  Jesus is hard to enjoy,
  But what I find deep within me is much worse.

From Lessons, Prayers & Scripture on the Faith Journey by Pete Hammond

The Question is, of course, will you allow the Lord to use you in the ways that please Him?

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