Sunday, July 09, 2017

...of expectations...before and after...

One who is dead in sin can never respond to God…
One who has new life in Christ must never fail to respond to God…


One who has a heart of stone is without sensation of divine love…
One who has been given a heart of flesh must always love God and others…


One who is bound in the shackles of sin struggles to walk…
One who has been freed from those shackles must learn to walk without stumbling…


One born blind by sin is incapable of seeing the beauty of the Lord,
One blessed with eyes to see must always respond in awe to His beauty…


One deaf due to sin can not hear and respond to God’s call and commands…
One blessed with ears to hear must never fail to obey His every Word…


One feeding only on bread that can never satisfy will fail to grow…
One invited to eat his fill of the bread of life must evidence healthy growth…


One drinking only tainted water from a broken cistern will know unquenchable thirst…
One invited to the fountain of living waters must, himself, drink and overflow.

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