Resting Confidently in Perfect Love
GCD Weekly Newsletter - 25th September 2024
In our Sunday evening discipleship class, we have been reading Delighting in the Trinity by Michael Reeves. He reminds us that the Trinity is not some obscure, impractical theological concept, but the very nature of who God is and therefore has major implications for our lives. The perfect love between Father, Son and Spirit has overflowed bringing about creation and redemption. The good news of the gospel is that sinners like us can be forgiven of our sin and enter into this fellowship of love.
Entering into this sort of fellowship with God does not, however, guarantee our life will be breezy. As last week’s articles remind us, this life will bring about hardship, humbling servitude, and we’ll have to face our own insecurities. However, as we face all this life brings, we can rest confidently in the perfect love of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
In Christ,
serves as associate pastor at FBC Atlanta, TX. James and his wife, Jenny, are blessed with four children and are actively involved in foster care. He is passionate about beholding the beauty of our Lord and helping others do the same. He enjoys writing, running, and gardening. You can follow James Twitter or his blog where he writes regularly.
Last Week at GCDiscipleship.com
“Every morning we awake, God gives us just enough mercies to handle today, just enough pain to not overwhelm us, just enough pleasure to fix our gaze on him. And even our lament can be a gift, for tears remind us that we are still alive and recipients of God’s grace.”
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“But now, despite the calling of God to write and his track record of extraordinary provision, I find myself in a situation that seems incongruent with all that he has done before. Yet, as I reflect on the story of Joseph, only one answer provides clarity to my quandary: God must be using this season of struggle to shape me into the person he needs me to become before I can fulfill the calling he laid on my heart.”
An Age of Insecurity: Why our Culture is Increasingly Insecure and Prone to Offense
by Chase Replogle
“Nietzsche saw the coming of a new kind of religion in which we would look within for the divine, in which our idols would become images of ourselves. It would not be a world without worship. There is no escaping the impulse to worship. Something still catches our eye. Something still holds our attention. Some image still forms in our insecurity.”