October 29
If we remain in the petty, selfish attitude in which
everyone has his own "dear Savior" and cooks
himself a nice sweet pudding to eat comfortably
to his heart's content, we will remain without
Jesus, without the one who says, "I am the light
of the world." We will not become children of
God. We will not get away from our own nature.
We do not really know how to live in a way worthy
of God. We remain always the same miserable
people, stirring around in our own nature. So we
go to pieces and finally complain to heaven that
God does not care about us. Certainly God does
not care about your selfish interests. He came
into the world. If you want to meet the Savior
then you must go out into the world, leaving
behind your personal concerns. Be on guard
against your own pettiness and seek the world.
There you will find Jesus.
Of course I don't mean that world which is
penetrated by sin and death. That is a false
world. Jesus says, "I come into God's creation.
I am here to serve this creation of God, so that
God's will may be done, and so that one day it
may be as in the beginning, when God saw
everything that he had made, and said it was
very good." We have to find the way into this
creation.
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, from
Christoph Blumhardt and his Message, The Light
of the World.
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