As I was going through the book of Matthew, I pondered about this phrase, “Be ye perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect(Matthew 5:48).” I also thought about how the Lord really through Matthew 1-15 had the word compassion used at least twice with the Lord.
It was good to just be able to read some books from Towzer because really challenged me really hard. One thing that strike me most was one thing he mentioned Christians today are like soldiers slacking off, hiding behind the rocks and just satisfied sniffing off an wiltered flower. I know it sounds offensive but if you come to think of it, it does make sense.
When we first accepted Christ, many of us were like “Yes, I will do a lot of things for Christ, etc”. But as time pass by, as different things come along, we tend to be just happy sitting around in church, singing the hymns, listening to the message, read through the bible study and comment here and there, etc. Maybe get a wife, have children, earn a living and stop there. Maybe help out a bit of evangelistic event, etc and end there. But really, is that perfect that God wants us to stop there or a disillusion standard we set for ourselves?
How many of us are still thristing for the Word of God and always eagerly searching it as we did before or have we reached to a stage where devotional books are good enough substitute for the pure Word? Has the once fervent prayer of dependence on God become a chore that we just go into the ritualistic prayer? Has our worship and rememberance of the Lord Jesus Christ return into a shadowing thought that we go aimlessly saying “Thank you Lord for dying on the cross” without really meaning it? Has the “Forgive me Lord” sound so empty when we never change? Brothers, if any of symptom is true, it is really time to go on our knees and repent and ask God to heal us from this fatal spiritual disease.
Guess as one puritian wrote The Lord Christ in His prime age could have done so much in His life. But because of His love so great, so immense, He gave His all for the mankind which should deserve nothing but hell. Can we like the hymn writer echo and express the chorus from the bottom of our hearts
“O! the deep deep love of Jesus, Vast, unmeasured boundless free!
Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me!
Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love
Leading onward, leading homeward to Thy glorious rest above!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread His praise from shore to shore!
How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore!
How He watches o’er His loved ones, died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth, watcheth o’er them from the throne!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus, love of every love the best!
’Tis an ocean full of blessing, ’tis a haven giving rest!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus, ’tis a heaven of heavens to me;
And it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee!”
Sign off
His little sheep
