"When I am weak, then I am strong." - 2 Corinthians 12:10
Many of you asked yesterday if I have any other book recommendations. Before I give you my answer, please consider sending me your book recommendation (pastor2553@tmo.blackberry.net).
My answer: Yes, I have another. "The Indwelling Life of Christ: All of Him in All of Me" by Major W. Ian Thomas (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1590525248). Our Associate, Pastor Scott, found it, and we've used it in our church in a number of settings. Right now, I'm with an open study group that's using it Wednesday night, 5:45 - 6:30 p.m. in our sanctuary. Join us!
Here's an excerpt from Major Thomas's book that's related to today's Bible verse:
"The resurrected Christ now lives, to continue His Life in you.
"If you are not prepared to do as you are told, no matter how weak or foolish it will make you look, then whatever you believe about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is still academic. You have not yet entered into the good of it.
"When it comes to the point of obedience to God's clear instructions, the Life of Jesus Christ within you makes human circumstances irrelevant; for to share His Life now as He once shared His Father's Life on earth is to know, as Jesus did, that Someone else is taking care of the consequences.
"I do not mean by this that God's purposes are always irrational in the light of human circumstance, not that there is any particular virtue in being eccentric or foolhardy. What I am urging is simply that you become delightfully detached from the pressure of circumstance, so that it ceases to be the criterion in the decisions you make. You do as you are told, whether God's instructions appear to be compatible with the immediate situation or not, and you leave God to vindicate Himself and to justify the course of action upon which you have embarked at His command.
"You will not need to know what He plans to do with you...you simply need to know Him."
Praise God!
(For an archive of "Day of Praise", please visit my daughter Calley's website at http://dayofpraisepc.blogspot.com/?m=1)
Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson
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