tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9935294.post-86925479185559284382008-07-11T07:16:00.002+08:002008-07-11T07:19:01.588+08:00mike raiter spoke yesterday about typical thoughts on retiring early<br />is that productive for God?<br /><br />then this morning.. i read this <a href="http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/my-utmost-for-his-highest/07/10/devotion.aspx">devotion</a>:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">We are all capable of being spiritually lazy saints. We want to stay off the rough roads of life, and our primary objective is to secure a peaceful retreat from the world. The ideas put forth in these verses from Hebrews 10 are those of stirring up one another and of keeping ourselves together. Both of these require initiative— our willingness to take the first step toward Christ-realization, not the initiative toward self-realization. To live a distant, withdrawn, and secluded life is diametrically opposed to spirituality as Jesus Christ taught it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The real danger in spiritual laziness is that we do not want to be stirred up— all we want to hear about is a spiritual retirement from the world.Yet Jesus Christ never encourages the idea of retirement— He says, "Go and tell My brethren . . ." </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span>Yes Lord, i get ur point - time to rethink my retirement plans :P<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span>espieee36noreply@blogger.com