struggling
I'm struggling with something right now. It's something I want to do, but God has told me no, and I've been pretty strong in it for the last few years. But something has brought it up again, and it's tempting to give in. Easier to give in.
I found this quote in my likes on twitter:
"We are revealed in our passions not in our concessions; shaped by our struggles not by our resignations." - Rabbi David Wolpe
My thought was, yes, I am being shaped by not giving in to this struggle. If I resigned myself to giving in, I would be giving up on being shaped into the likeness of Christ. But as I posted the quote on facebook, I started pondering what exactly the first half of it means. "We are revealed in our passions not in our concessions..." And it hit me. The fact that my passion for God is greater than my desire to concede this area of my life to the flesh should be showing me something about myself, mainly that I truly do want to be like Christ. This is extremely encouraging. Rather than condemning myself for struggling, I can remind myself that this struggle is not my passion, God is. This struggle does not define me. And yet I am shaped by it, shaped into Christ's likeness when by His grace I stand strong. Praise God.
I found this quote in my likes on twitter:
"We are revealed in our passions not in our concessions; shaped by our struggles not by our resignations." - Rabbi David Wolpe
My thought was, yes, I am being shaped by not giving in to this struggle. If I resigned myself to giving in, I would be giving up on being shaped into the likeness of Christ. But as I posted the quote on facebook, I started pondering what exactly the first half of it means. "We are revealed in our passions not in our concessions..." And it hit me. The fact that my passion for God is greater than my desire to concede this area of my life to the flesh should be showing me something about myself, mainly that I truly do want to be like Christ. This is extremely encouraging. Rather than condemning myself for struggling, I can remind myself that this struggle is not my passion, God is. This struggle does not define me. And yet I am shaped by it, shaped into Christ's likeness when by His grace I stand strong. Praise God.
posted by melilotnfosco | 11:49 PM
3 Comments:
That's a good point. I find it both encouraging and discouraging, because I'd like for that passion in me to be a bit greater (or a lot greater). But perhaps that I want that is something? But yeah, the other passions win out sometimes, which is disappointing.
i think we need to change our thinking on struggling. like i said, rather than condemn ourselves for wanting something other than God, we need to remember that the reason we're struggling is because we want God. if we didn't, we wouldn't care and there wouldn't be a fight. yes, we all stumble; no, none of us want God the way that we should. but overall, we do want God, or we want to want him more than we do.
we need to change our views of struggling.
That's true; I like that. :)
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