Romans 8:12-17

Romans 8:12-17
 English Standard Version (ESV)

  To quote C.S. Lewis: “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
  The Lord our God offers us an abundant life, one drenched in grace and free from fear.  To reach it is hard -- it means turning our back on much of what the world offers and living differently.  It is a hard road of daily discipleship, highlighted by the daily lifting of our cross and dying to the self.
  But what we get in return... a life free from fear and bathed in the spirit!  We are fellow heirs with Christ, glorified with him because of what Christ has done for us!!  We are offered joy and peace and love that knows no end.  We often live according to the flesh, ignoring the riches God offers, instead trying to close our hands around the riches of the world, fooling ourselves into believing that they will bring real peace and joy, when only God can provide that.
  You are extended life, abundant life, through the power of the Spirit.  Will you take it?  Will you follow Christ daily, listening to the still small voice of the Spirit that calls you into the deep waters of discipleship?