Abiding

1 Corinthians 3:3-6The world is unprincipled. It's dog-eat-dog out there! The world doesn't fight fair. But we don't live or fight our battles that way—never have and never will. The tools of our trade aren't for marketing or manipulation, but they are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture. We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ. Our tools are ready at hand for clearing the ground of every obstruction and building lives of obedience into maturity.

**** Sigh ***** a long day.. Was reading about Abiding in Christ this afternoon and Oswald Chambers encourages you to dig into the Abiding, that you have to work to get there and stay there..It just doesn't happen by accident. And I'm pondering that one.. I agree that remembering to abide is aconsciouss thought.. You have to set your clock, to remind yourself every few hours to Abide..Until you make it a habit to turn every thought and action over to Him.. Which is what this passage is all about.. It's about fitting our lives...Every thought..All my crazy impulses, and every emotion sad, glad, mad, you know all of them, into His way of life. See my way of life is not positive.. I will self destruct..But in His way of life, flourish. Hard lesson to learn..Must be why so many have to hit rock bottom. I have been there more than once.. In fact I hit one this afternoon :) But It amazes me that as He pulls my life to Maturity He clears the ground of obstruction along the way. Every time something comes up that I freak out about - He reminds me, that it's not reality that there is something more out there for me, that I don't have to fear those things that I see as big scary monsters. I just need to abide in Him. Let Him be the Strong Arm, let Him be my body guard.