[ascends to broadcast depth] Hello, World! Tonight's moral lesson to myself is to be on the subject of rights. How often have we not thought and heard in christian contexts conversations, writings and prayers that give away the perspective of a natural inheritance of personal, spiritual non-spiritual rights.
This natural? -normal? Probably is, but does that excuse it? Absolutely not! "Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world..." Too often I live by the standards of the world and not the standards of holiness that are the least I could do.
"But I have the right to feel good, to smoke, to flirt, to drink, to pleasure and comfort! Surely a loving God wouldn't take that from me!"
Perspective, is my thought. Theoretically (and yes theory is okay 'cos God does follow His own rules), I forfeited my rights by not being holy. Harsh? Yes, but if God bent His own rules He wouldn't be just and if God ceased to be just, the entire basis of the world (right vs. wrong etc etc etc) would resign to complete and utter chaos. So don't appeal for ungodly mercy, Ivan. God is able to be merciful because of blood. Lots and lots of pain and blood. But back to the rights...
I forfeited my rights in that my being today is entirely dependent on His Mercy and how can a man who is justly living on someone else's mercy ever make demands about rights?! This is a great misunderstanding amongst the christians in the West today! We have accepted and conformed to a perspective of this world, forgetting who we are and taking the Eternal Grace and Mercy for granted. I must resolve to forgetting all I thought I knew about rights and shift to a perspective where I give thanks for everything.
Hmm... enuff for today heh?! =P You must understand that I treat this as my thought diary and that I - from this day on - will stop making excuses for that!
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