Shallow & Profound
It's been a while since my last post, and I still do promise to lay down some of my newer poetry, but it's been a while since I've been at home with time to type them in. In the meantime, I wanted to share a devotional from a week or so ago that impacted me. Once again, it's from Oswald Chambers' My Utmost for His Highest. It reads:
"Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
Beware of allowing yourself to think that the shallow aspects of life are not ordained by God; they are ordained by Him equally as much as the profound. We sometimes refuse to be shallow, not out of our deep devotion to God but because we wish to impress other people with the fact that we are not shallow. This is a sure sign of spiritual pride. We must be careful, for this is how contempt for others is produced in our lives. And it causes us to be a walking rebuke to other people because they are more shallow than we are. Beware of posing as a profound person -- God became a baby.
Ouch.
"Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
Beware of allowing yourself to think that the shallow aspects of life are not ordained by God; they are ordained by Him equally as much as the profound. We sometimes refuse to be shallow, not out of our deep devotion to God but because we wish to impress other people with the fact that we are not shallow. This is a sure sign of spiritual pride. We must be careful, for this is how contempt for others is produced in our lives. And it causes us to be a walking rebuke to other people because they are more shallow than we are. Beware of posing as a profound person -- God became a baby.
Ouch.
posted by Lane | 11:18 AM
2 Comments:
Exuse me while I pull this sharp oject from my heart...
lol, so true. Much of my desire to be deep comes from an abhorrence of what I have perceived to be the "surface" Christianity of most Christian music and preaching. Much of it comes from the desire to impress others, though, too, and that is pride. It's a fine line, I guess.
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