Captive to your vision

[KeilCoppes]

During the course of my vacation this weekend, I had the opportunity to sit in on an Epics class at Christ College in Lynchburg, VA. They were covering the end of the Illiad - full of heroes consumed by the quest for glory or held back by their fears. In the end they walked into foolishness and disaster even though they knew the consequences. But what does this have to do with life today?

Quite simply this - their vision of what they wanted or pursued consumed them. Isn't it often much the same with our own dreams when we don't inject healthy does of reality and trust in God into them?

 

[Living4Him03]

Amen. So agree.

 

[cnhn9801]

During the course of my vacation this weekend, I had the opportunity to sit in on an Epics class at Christ College in Lynchburg, VA. They were covering the end of the Illiad - full of heroes consumed by the quest for glory or held back by their fears. In the end they walked into foolishness and disaster even though they knew the consequences. But what does this have to do with life today?

Quite simply this - their vision of what they wanted or pursued consumed them. Isn't it often much the same with our own dreams when we don't inject healthy does of reality and trust in God into them?

Shouldn't we perhaps strive to be Christian heroes, where God consumes us and consumes our pursuits?? Just a thought . . .

 

[KeilCoppes]

Shouldn't we perhaps strive to be Christian heroes, where God consumes us and consumes our pursuits?? Just a thought . . .

I'd agree to a large extent. I think I'd modify it a bit to the idea of saying that we should work to be solid Christian men and women rather than heroes. Often we get so consumed by the idea of being a hero and how well it would reflect on us that we forget that our call is to be servants. Rather than looking to be consumed, I'd look to be in the place where serving God and walking with Him is foundational and wound into everything in life.

The call of the world's hero is to seek blazing glory for himself. The man or woman who truly turns out to be God's hero is the one serving in the conditions where they were. And those aren't simply the folks on the mission fields - many Christian heroes are those who are unsung and without glory, going about their daily lives in God's service and doing what needs to be done.

And the thought continues - do we mold our vision to God's vision and to reflect the conditions God has sent us?