Subversive God
"Subversive Jesus and His Trojan Horse".
At first glance, the title intrigued me. Where is the link between Jesus and the famed Trojan horse that led to the downfall of Troy? But read this article.... it makes you think. And it's a good thing to think on, especially at the start of the year, the time of fresh starts and new beginnings. Especially during this time in my life, when the question of "What is Jesus' goal for my life" - in the career/life's work sense as well as in the "general progress" sense that Packiam is talking about - is part of my daily thought life. Read this. It's good stuff to think on.
"This faith that we've embraced, this Life that we have taken into our hearts, will be our undoing. And it means to be that. It's designed to be the end of us...... He is the Trojan Horse of blessing that we readily welcome into our hearts without knowing His mission to destroy us." (Glenn Packiam)
Full article here.
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love this. i was just reading Proverbs 16 this morning and it is FILLED with words of wisdom on "how to plan for your life". then i was on amazon looking up a book and read a summary of joel osteen's newest bestseller - "it's your time". :( such misleading drivel, couched in the language of Christ! subversive also, but the wrong way.
some great quotes from the article -
"I had been accustomed to a Jesus who cooperates with me and those goals, the Jesus who wants me to have more open doors, more stuff and more happy experiences."
(but)
"He's our friend in the way that we have never fully understood a friend to be—one who will act for our good even when we don't see it as good."
"Burnout is "a convenient psychological translation for a spiritual death." "
"...when Christ comes to save your life by making you lose it, embrace Him. "
...for what does it profit a man to gain the whole world but to lose his soul? whoever would seek to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
great to reflect on.
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