Hurt Deeply

“It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply.”
-A. W. Tozer , The Root of the Righteous

The Journeyman cries OUCH!

Hat Tip: Crossway.blog » Must We Be Hurt Deeply to Be Used Significantly?

Significance

This post from Truth Seekers will have me thinking for a long time.

Would you rather be useful or significant? God created all things to be useful. Only God has significance. We learned this in philosophy class at the seminary.

A chair does not have significance. It signifies that it is useful for something. No created thing has significance. Only God does. When man wants to be significant instead of useful, he makes him self a god. “God knows that when you eat of the tree you will be like God.” Marlon Brando said, “I could’a been somebody. I could’a been a contendah.” He wanted to be significant… like God.

Absolutizing:
There are many aspects of life and many aspects to the body of Christ. Some are ears, some are hands, some are feet, etc. The ear cannot say to the foot, “You should be like me.” That is absolutizing one aspect of the body. When man wants to be significant instead of useful, he tends to absolutize his particular aspect of life.

Lord, I want to be useful. I am willing to be insignificant. Thy will be done.