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August 4, 2008
THE BRAVE COMRADESHIP OF GOD
Then He took unto Him the twelve.
Luke 18:31
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=lu+18:31&sr=1
The bravery of God in trusting us! You say - "But He has been unwise
to choose me, because there is nothing in me; I am not of any value."
That is why He chose you. As long as you think there is something in
you, He cannot choose you because you have ends of your own to serve;
but if you have let Him bring you to the end of your self-sufficiency
then He can choose you to go with Him to Jerusalem, and that will
mean the fulfilment of purposes which He does not discuss with you.
We are apt to say that because a man has natural ability, therefore
he will make a good Christian. It is not a question of our equipment
but of our poverty, not of what we bring with us, but of what God
puts into us; not a question of natural virtues of strength of
character, knowledge, and experience - all that is of no avail in
this matter. The only thing that avails is that we are taken up into
the big compelling of God and made His comrades (cf. 1 Cor. 1:26-30).
The comrade ship of God is made up out of men who know their poverty.
He can do nothing with the man who thinks that he is of use to God.
As Christians we are not out for our own cause at all, we are out for
the cause of God, which can never be our cause. We do not know what
God is after, but we have to maintain our relationship with Him
whatever happens. We must never allow anything to injure our
relationship with God; if it does get injured we must take time and
get it put right. The main thing about Christianity is not the work
we do, but the relationship we maintain and the atmosphere produced
by that relationship. That is all God asks us to look after, and it
is the one thing that is being continually assailed.
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