If you're a fan of the Chicago White Sox, you don't secretly root for the Cubs. Same with the Mets and the Yankees -- once you're a fan, you commit yourself to the team. To go and cheer for a rival simply doesn't fit.
The same is true of our faith -- when we commit ourselves to Christ, our minds and hearts should seek the things that are of Christ's Kingdom. They don't, because sin is still at work within us, but I think the goal of the Christian life is that we notice the way sin has influence on us, so that when we find ourselves setting our minds on things that are not of Christ's Kingdom, it feels as out of place as cheering for the Cubs would for a White Sox fan. I believe this is a lifelong effort, but if we can keep Christ's glory set before us in our hearts and in our minds, then we'll keep striving, and what is a lifelong effort becomes an eternity where we seek God dwell with Christ in glory.
No comments:
Post a Comment