One of the inescapable realities of life in Christ is that we discover that the world we live in is not the world we are destined for. So the Christian life is a constant tension between the temporal world that draws our attention and the world of the
“We live in this world. We are part of this world. We are to a certain degree products of this world. And the world is our battlefield.....The world is a seducer. It seeks to attract our attention and our devotion. It remains so close at hand, so visible, so enticing. It eclipses our view of heaven.....It pleases us - much of the time anyway - and, alas, we often live our lives to please it. And that is where the conflict ensues, for pleasing the world so seldom overlaps with pleasing God.” (p. 57-59)
As you go through your week how will you live between two worlds?
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