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What if?

What if God did nothing more for me than what He has already done?

Would I still submit in obedience?

What if?

What if, like Job, I was suddenly bereft of all whom and all that I love?

Would I still offer up my gratitude?

What if?

Why do I do what I do?

Why do I pray and immerse myself in Scripture?

Why do I practice spiritual disciplines?

To be transformed into the image of Christ?

A worthy pursuit, but what if?

What if God does absolutely nothing with my obedience,

with my gratitude,

with my spiritual practices?

What if?

Am I willing to offer these spiritual disciplines to God for days and years and decades,

even if God does absolutely nothing with it?

Simply because He asked it of me?

Simply because it is Jesus?

So Jesus said…’Do you want to go away as well?’ Simon Peter answered Him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life…’

Art Credits: The Resurrection by Luca Giordano; The Road to Emmaus by Robert Zund; Christ and the Samaritan Woman by Henryk Siemiradzki; Christ in the House of Martha and Mary by Henryk Siemiradzki