Over the last few weeks at church we have been doing a study on "famous" church leaders. This past Sunday, my pastor spoke about Charles Spurgeon. He was an incredible man, but I think the most incredible thing about him was that he knew he could never exhaust the unfathomable characteristics of God. He knew that no matter how hard he sought after God, he could never come to the point where he has "arrived" spiritually. And he continued seeking diligently his entire life.
We all know Spurgeon was a great thinker, philosopher, pastor, preacher, theologian, etc, etc. We have all read his quotes. Believers and non-believers around the world know of Spurgeon. How can a man like that have the humility to understand that he cannot and will not ever "arrive" spiritually, but then we come along having hardly done anything noteworthy for Christ in our lives thus far and think that we have arrived. "It's been a month since I have opened my Bible at home for my own private devotions, but that's okay, because I pretty much know everything that the Bible says anyway." Seriously? It sounds so embarrassingly stupid, but we all do it.
Oh God, awaken a hunger and thirst in us than cannot be quenched by complacency!
How is it possible that we have become comfortable with how much we know about the Creator of the Universe and the Savior of our Souls?
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