'The whole purpose of why Jesus came to earth is to make us holy' says W.E. Sangster, a well-known author and preacher. Our God is Holy and His purpose for us is to make us like Him...Blessings, success, prosperity, growth are all by products of Christian life.
Sometimes we can make these by products as top priorities of our life. Then we will miss the mark to some extent. We will not concentrate much on doing God's will, being what He wants us to be or pleasing God as the primary goals of life. When we loose focus on the essential things in our Christian life, then our we will find our lives more imbalanced and non satisfying. For the by products of Christian life cannot satisfy a person's soul. A person's soul is satisfied only when the person and his/her life is in the order of God.
Luke 12:15 (New International Version)
Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
If we focus on the by products of Christian life, we will come to see that we have no shortage of wants or desires as these are continuously present one after the other. And they are never fulfilling or fully attainable.
Only when we allow the Lord to establish His order in our life, will we find that the by products of Christian life fall in its place...
Matthew 6:33 (New International Version)
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
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