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"Jesus replied, 'If anyone
loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love
him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.'"
- John 14:23
You know that thought you get a month after you move
into a house or apartment... "This place seems
smaller than when we looked at it." You finally get
all your stuff moved in, and what seemed pretty roomy is
now no longer enough room to play Twister with more than
2 players. A bummer, for sure. You gotta have at least
one non-participant to spin the wheel, and two
participants to ... twist. More on that later.
Pretend you have a house for rent. You run an ad. in the
paper, and peoples are calling to set up appointments to
see the house. Some folks would look it over and maybe
suggest an update here or ask a question or show concern
there. But its not often that a potential tenant would
whip out a list of requirements for your personal life
and say, "If you do thus-and-such and such-n-thus,
we'll move in." If I were showing the property,
I'd be like, "Uhmmmn, tell ya what.... I'll get
back to you, ohhhhhhh, never. Mmmm Kayyyyyy?"
Of course the person might then say, "Did I mention
that I'm the Son of God, that my sacrifice saved the
world, and, oh by the way, my Dad built this house. (I
know, its weird that the Son of the Contractor would be
renting from you.) Let me mention, too, that the only
way you'll find peace and true fullfillment is by
renting this property to Us. No other tenants will
satisfy you."
Rick Warren states in his book, The Purpose Driven Life,
"You were made by God and for God, and until you
understand that, life will never make sense. It is only
in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our
meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our
destiny." There is nothing to add that would make
that statement more true or more potent.
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Friday, November 21st, 2008 
