The High Calling of Obscurity
There is a door before you, one you have been knocking on.
Written on the door is "The greater things of God."
You have asked God to lead you through this door, and He has been doing so. He has won you over. He has shown you His riches, His glory, His presence. And He has gained your trust. You now find yourself yearning and hungering, pleading with God to take you deeper. More of Him, less of you. You've asked for a deeper walk. And He is beginning to answer that prayer.
But you need to know what you are asking for. He will only take you there with your heart's permission. So what lies ahead? What are the deeper things of God? That which is greater in God's eyes - is sometimes miserable failure in man's eyes. Can you go there? Will you trust Him?
Remember that "what is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight." (Luke 16:15) And what is miserable and pitiful to men is often rich and precious in the eyes of God.
Jesus entered the deeper things of God - and it looked like abject failure to everyone except heaven.
John ate the scroll, and it became bitter. But it pleased the Lord.
Do you truly want to please your Lord? At what price?
The test before you right now is this: which do you desire more… - to enter the deeper things of the Lord? - Or to please the Lord, even if it means falling into obscurity and small things in the eyes of the world and the church?
Are you willing to "fail" for Me?
Are you willing to be nothing, if that will please Me? Do you truly want to delight Me?
"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints." (Psalm 116:15)
Can you drink the cup that I drink?
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