These all died in
faith...and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
(Hebrews 11:13)
One of the most telling indictments against many of us who
comprise our Christian churches is the almost complete acceptance of the
contemporary scene as our permanent home!
We have been working and earning, getting and spending, and
now we are enjoying the creature comforts known to human beings in this land.
You may bristle a bit and ask: “Is there anything wrong with being
comfortable?”
Let me answer in this way: If you are a Christian and you
are comfortably “at home” in Chicago or Toronto, in Iowa or Alberta—or any
other address on planet earth, the signs are evident that you are in spiritual
trouble.
The spiritual equation reads like this: the greater your
contentment with your daily circumstances in this world, the greater your
defection from the ranks of God’s pilgrims enroute to a city whose architect
and builder is God Himself!
If we can feel that we have put down our roots in this
present world, then our Lord still has much to teach us about faith and
attachment to our Savior!”
-A.W. Tozer American Pastor and Author 1897-1963
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