Sabbath, 10/30/10, 11:17 AM EST USA
I use to think that saying "I accept Christ in my heart" was all that that phrase meant. You say the words and then behave the same way. Very little is further from the truth. Now God does the whole work of Salvation, we do none of it. But still I need to say this.

When we say we accept Christ into our hearts, we should really be saying "we want to be like Christ - we want to follow Christ - in His footsteps." I had this so wrong for so long that I knew I had to clarify this. I seek to learn physics, to learn computers, to be a better physics instructor, to make very good physics videos, to build my own computers, to learn lynux very well, to play games better, ... and to do it with a "Christian heart." Well, that is off the mark.

All that is seeking the world - I am seeking the world's approval. This is so off the mark that I had to clarify this - if not for others who may think as I did, but at least for myself. Seek God, not the world. Make God our center. We cannot do this, but somehow I felt that there is a desire in me to encourage, not only myself, but others as well.

For me this means one thing - stop all of my worldly seeking and start seeking God's ways. Granted I have to pay my bills, but I don't have to seek to be better than I am right now - a physics instructor. That is my job and the world pays me for that. But all these other activities are so unessential, i.e. not seeking God, that I must start dropping them one by one. Maybe this is the way God is working on me... maybe it isn't. I hope it is. After all, He alone is our only hope.