It’s hard to stay focused sometimes, and I realized that reading through the Sermon on the Mount. I remember reading it for the first time (a year or two ago) and agreeing so strongly. Every word that left the page ignited passion within me. I couldn’t believe how so many Christians that I met seemed not to understand what Jesus was saying. Why was there such a large separation between the people Jesus commands us to be and the people we are?
I always assumed I just hadn’t met many real Christians. As I continued in my faith I met people closer to what Jesus called us to be and became excited.
Now reading the same passage a couple of years later, I was ashamed of myself. The passion that rose in me no more than 18 months ago was absent. I identified less with the principles Jesus taught than I did the first time I read them! How does it happen that way? How easy it is to get comfortable, and then fall away!
Pride will eat away from all our growth in Christ. Humility, humility, humility! Never was a prayer of mine answered so quickly as a prayer to be humbled.
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