12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
It is a funny thing that before we know Christ we are not aware of our lifeless spirituality. We tend to try to fill that God shaped hole in our hearts with various and sundry myths, movements and mantras. Eventually concluding that none of that satisfies in the long run. In the short run however we can distract ourselves with all kinds of things like sports, business, relationships, addictions, materialism etc. in between "reaching out" spiritually and for many we can live a lifetime away from God skipping along from one issue to another, one mess to the next, situation after situation always unsatisfied and eventually if we are not sedated, finally seeking the truth with an open heart. Enter the Savior stage right. If our hearts are open He will always reveal Himself. No matter how far we run from Him He is always one step behind if we turn in earnest seeking the truth.
APPLICATION
To be grateful that my spirit is alive in Him and .to be on the lookout for spiritual zombies, who are looking for Jesus yet do not yet know it.
Welcome
One of the most effective ways to allow the Word of God to affect your life is to study it inductively. That is what this blog is all about. Typically one verse per day will be mined for insight and then followed up with how I plan to implement that insight practically. My prayer is that in some way you find this useful in your journey and that it may impact you positively. -G
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