Monday, December 8, 2008

Telling God the Truth

Here’s a compelling excerpt from Francis Chan’s “Crazy Love”:

“If you merely pretend that you enjoy God or love Him, He knows. You can’t fool Him; don’t even try.

“Instead, tell Him how you feel. Tell Him that He isn’t the most important thing in this life to you, and that you’re sorry for that.

“Tell Him that you’ve been lukewarm, that you’ve chosen ______________ over Him time and again. Tell Him that you want Him to change you, that you long to genuinely enjoy Him.

“Tell Him how you want to experience true satisfaction and pleasure and joy in your relationship with Him. Tell Him that you want to love Him more than anything on earth. Thell Him you want to treasure the kingdom of heaven so much that you’d willingly sell everything in order to get it. Tell Him what you like about Him, what you appreciate, and what brings you joy.”

--Francis Chan, "Crazy for God" (David C. Cook)
(pp.108-109)

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