Your Own Affections
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. (2 Corinthians 6:12) In other words, you cannot go any farther with God until you lay your life down. This is where formal Christianity goes to die. Instead of dying to ourselves and learning to see things as our Father sees them, we cling to our selfish, religious views of God and miss the relationship available to us when we humbly surrender to Him. If we hold on to our preferences and prejudices, we limit what the Lord can do in us. Help us, Father. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. (John 8:36) The Christian life is one of freedom and creativity. The Holy Spirit will show us things we never imagined unless we limit Him with our own knowledge and agenda. Any day might be the day the Lord teaches you a valuable truth that changes everything. But if we cling to the old, the new thing is lost to us. There is always much more to know than ...