Character and Conduct – 3 March – ‘Doing’ more than ‘Feeling’
OUR Lord always brings back to mind that doing is more than feeling.
OUR Lord always brings back to mind that doing is more than feeling.
We are guilty to man, and guilty before God, when we lose our powers in inglorious ease.
…lay aside, not all comfort – men have a right to that – but that excess of it which softens and enfeebles the soul
Those of us who are in a position to be generous can easily fall into the trap of thinking that those who receive help should ‘like it or lump it’.
As the good book reminds us, when we ask we will receive (Matthew 7v8) but this promise does not give us permission to take without asking nor use someone else’s precious possessions as our playthings.
Too often the ones who should be ‘making plain the way of the LORD’ are cluttering it with Points of Order, procedural motions, and a general antagonism towards their siblings.
We can’t spend our whole lives reading ‘sustaining books’ whilst others work their fingers to the bone around us. In the Christian Life we cannot be Martha or Mary (Luke 10.38-42)[3] we must needs be both!
…as the famous book and slogan goes, What Would Jesus Do if Pooh were to come and visit him?
To be a part of the flock of God is not always about staying at home ‘safe’ in the sheepfold. We are only ever safe when we listen to the call of The Good Shepherd who leads us out of the comfort of the sheepfold into the green pastures of God’s provision and care.
it remains tempting to give in to worry. Worry about food and drink, worry about shelter and comfort for our loved ones, worry about why we worry so much!