WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST DESIRE AS A TRUE FOLLOWER OF THE LORD JESUS  CHRIST?

There is still so much to learn ….. for all of us!

One of my teachers is Martyn Lloyd – Jones. In the book “Daily Readings from the Works of  Martyn Lloyd – Jones, October 9, he is talking about the ambitions of true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Are you a true follower of the Lord Jesus Christ? What is your supreme ambition?

Is it to be a great soul winner?

Is ist to be a great preacher?

I am learning that our greatest desire, our greatest ambition, should be to know the Lord Jesus Christ!

Philippians 3:10 says, “I want to know Christ…”

“BETTER IS HE THAT SUFFERETH EVIL THAN THE JOLLITY OF HIM THAT DOETH EVIL. ” – St Augustine

“The cross of Christ, on which he was extended,

points, in the length of  it, to heaven and earth, reconciling them together;

and in the breadth of it, to former and following ages, as being equally salvation to both.” – Samuel Rutherford

TRUST

“Trust is knowing someone’ s got your back. Trust is knowing someone loves you, warts and all. Trust is earned, through bad times. Trust is like love – it’s hard to put into words, but you feel it. – John Kirwan

That quote is part of the article called “New Zealand’s most trusted people 2010”. And yes, I have not forgotten, that it is the year 2011.

I like what John Kirwan says about trust, especially the sentence, “TRUST IS KNOWING SOMEONE LOVES YOU, WARTS AND ALL.”

At the same time when I read about TRUST in the Reader’s Digest, I read also what Charles Haddon Spurgeon says about believing in the Lord Jesus Christ. C. H. Spurgeon says, “To believe is simply to trust, to depend, to rely upon Christ Jesus.”

I know that the Lord Jesus Christ loves me, warts and all!

Do you?

“HE WHO WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD SHOULD BEGIN BY CLEANING THE DISHES.” – Paul Carvel