“This is a battle between who you are and you God wants you to be.” -Keith Williams
I love this quotation. Everyone faces this challenge, regardless of whether or not they realize it. Looking back at my own personal experiences, as well as those who we have been studying in history it seems to be a common theme that in our striving to draw nearer to God and understand Him and His word we intwine our own “stuff”…. what we be think should be there… we bring our presuppositions… and sometimes forget that we are continually changing. It’s not that God teaches us a lesson and that’s it. As we grow, change, have more life experiences… so does our relationship with Christ. For those of us who allow our pride to get in our way (like me)… we continually fight between what we think God wants for us and who we think we are in Christ, and the person who Christ is working to make us. As believers we know the destination, so I think it’s the journey that we should focus on. This quotation helps me remember that.