Posted on 01/13/2008 10:47:21 PM PST by Choose Ye This Day
To a Christian, conditioned as he is to observing life from above and judging all things in the light of eternal values, the modern feverish devotion to the newest invention and the latest happening seems more than a little ridiculous!
One thing seems to be quite forgotten: the world moves and times change but people remain the same always. Just as a pendulum remains fixed at the top while it swings back and forth from one extreme to another, so the human race remains basically unchanged while it moves through its limited arc.
No responsible person will deny that some changes made by the race over the years have been improvements and so may have represented progress and advance. However, just what we are supposed to be advancing toward has not been made very clear by our leaders!
It would seem humanly difficult, indeed, to show that we are moving toward an end when we do not know what or where that end is, or even if such an end exists at all.
The only parallel we can think of at the moment is that of a deadly-serious and fanatically determined dachshund chasing breathlessly after its tail--a tail, incidentally, which is not there because it has previously been removed. Add a large number of other dachshunds, bespectacled and solemn, writing books to prove that the frustrated puppy's activity is progress, and you have the picture!
I meant to start this daily devotional by A.W. Tozer at the beginning of the year...and, well, I didn't. But I'm going to try now. Hopefully I'll keep up, except when I'm on the road.
Please feel free to discuss Tozer's ideas and add your own insights. Let me know if you'd like to be pinged for future installments.
Some questions for discussion:
Just what is the human race striving for? For those that do not have Christ and His Gospel, what is their purpose? What drives them?
What are some examples of the human race chasing the newest inventions or the latest happening? Why will that never bring lasting happiness?
For those who do have Christ, what is OUR purpose in this life?
What does Christ have in mind for us?
Oops. I’m a bit ahead of myself. This is the devotion for the 15th. That’s okay. We’ll start there, mid-month, and continue on the 16th. My mistake.
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