Lands of Unlikeness

Fellow Labourers-

Are you in a land that you purposefully chose, or one that makes you wonder? This article reminds me that I didn't chose God, He chose me. He was always seeking for me. As I ponder the 'Lands of unlikeness" a phrase spring to minds- "It is not colour that that informs our ideas but ideas that colour our world."

Wherever we find ourselves today should be viewed as a path to our destiny. I don't know how relevant this is to today's thought, but since it comes to mind let me share it. Mike Murdock in his book 'The Uncommon Leader' says the following: "Access creates demands; Demands create expectations; Expectations create distractions; Distractions creates failure."

Since the topic of marriage and divorce is in vogue at this time permit me to say that marriage does bring us into "Lands of unlikeness.' In these unlikely places the will to do is what will result in our survival. The success or failure of a marriage depends a lot on what we are willing to do. We must control the will. Ravi Zacharias succinctly note the following, "If you are to learn to control the will, you must harness it early in any battle. Lines must be drawn not at the level of acting but at the level of thinking. Lines must be drawn not at the level of doing, but at the level of desiring. Lines must be drawn not at the level of contact but at the level of sight. Lines must be drawn knowing that marriage is not a condition of being but a condition of becoming. The two become one, but the becoming is both a moment and a process." So the question now becomes are we willing to take up the cross of Christ? Within marriage there is a cross, and if the will is to be resesurrected, it must first go to the cross.

Pax Vobiscum

Robert A. Stewart J.P.
Pastor