InSlaveryToChrist
Puritan Board Junior
It's been a long struggle for me (and it still is) to think in a God-centered manner, like a slave ought to think ultimately about his master's good. I've never really been able to appreciate the fact that God acts ultimately for Himself. When I look at the Gospel, it's so easy to feel gratitude for what God has done for ME, but when I start to consider God as the ultimate end in all this -- God acting for Himself -- I just get anxious and confused. I know I must be missing something that prevents me from being able to appreciate God's self-centeredness, I just can't seem to get what it is. I realize it may be hard for me to grasp for the very reason that I'm self-centered myself.
I just felt like opening a discussion on this topic, because it is obviously very important to our faith.
I just felt like opening a discussion on this topic, because it is obviously very important to our faith.