GOD’S WILL: LESS OF ME, MORE OF HIM

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God” (PHILIPPIANS 1:11).

Some Christian believers seemingly are committed to endless dialogue about the deeper spiritual life, just as though it were some new kind of fun and games.

 

Actually, many people want to talk about it as a topic, but no one seems to want to know and love God for Himself!

 

When do we learn that God IS the deeper life?

 

Jesus Christ Himself is the deeper life and as I plunge on into the knowledge of the triune God, my heart moves on into the blessedness of His fellowship.

 

This means that there is less of me and more of God thus my spiritual life deepens, and I am strengthened in the knowledge of His will.

 

I think this is what Paul meant when he penned that great desire, “That I may know Him!” He was expressing more than the desire for acquaintance—he was yearning to be drawn into the full knowledge of fellowship with God which has been provided in the plan of redemption.

 

God originally created man in His own image so that man could know companionship with God in a unique sense and to a degree which is impossible for any other creature.

 

Because of his sin, man lost this knowledge, this daily partnership with God, and his heart has been darkened. But God has given sinful man another opportunity in salvation through the merits of a Redeemer, only because he was made in the image of God, and God has expressed His own everlasting love for man through the giving of His Son.

 

  1. W. Tozer