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It Is So Easy To Forget Jesus

I believe these things:

  • A believer prays, and heaven responds;
  • A sinner repents, and the angels rejoice;
  • A mission succeeds, and Satan falls like lightning;
  • A believer rebels, and the Holy Spirit is grieved.
    What we humans do here decisively affects the cosmos.

    I believe these things, and yet somehow I keep “forgetting” them.

  • I forget that my prayers matter to God.
  • I forget that I am helping my neighbors to their eternal destinations.
  • I forget that the choices I make today bring delight—or grief—to the Lord of the Universe.

    …The reality of this material universe tends to overwhelm my faith in a spiritual universe that is permeating through it all. I look into the blank blue sky and see nothing.

    By ascending, Jesus took the risk of being forgotten.
    –Philip Yancey

    It is so easy to get so sidetracked by all of the things of this life – our goals, our worries, our schedules, our wants, and our needs – that we forget our need for Jesus. Fight against allowing the physical, material aspects of life crowd out the spiritual disciplines you need to remain connected to and growing in Him.