From John Stott's daily thought. This, to me is the primary reason so many do not desire to follow Christ, in a nutshell:
We must cast aside apathy, pride, prejudice and sin, and
seek God in scorn of the consequences. Of all these
hindrances to effective search the last two are the hardest
to overcome, intellectual prejudice and moral self-will.
Both are expressions of fear, and fear is the greatest
enemy of the truth. Fear paralyses our search. We know
that to find God and to accept Jesus Christ would be a very
inconvenient experience. It would involve the rethinking
of our whole outlook on life and the readjustment of our
whole manner of life. And it is a combination of
intellectual and moral cowardice which makes us hesitate.
We do not find because we do not seek. We do not seek
because we do not want to find, and we know that the way to
be certain of not finding is not to seek.
1 comment:
Steve, this is exactly the kind of thing that is worth the effort of blogging. This is an excellent quote from and excellent teacher. Thanks for sharing. I will be linking to your site so that all seven of my regular readers can check it out.
One of my aims both at work and via the blog is to get people thinking about faith and what's happening in out culture. A quote like this helps me stay focused.
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