Vision vs ideals
Filed Under (Theology) by Nathanael on May-9-2006

Here’s a thought for today from Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest:

I may have a right conception of God, and that may be the very reason why I do not do my duty. But wherever there is vision, there is a life of rectitude because the vision imparts moral incentive.

I’m not the one to expound on that, but if you have the book, be sure to read and meditate on the rest of today’s devotional.

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Comments:
Jon S. on May 9th, 2006 at 7:05 am

I am sure you did not post this at 6:21 this morning, unless you are very very fast or were hiding a laptop underneath the breakfast table.

sarah on May 9th, 2006 at 8:22 am

Yeah that went right over my head.
Hey Sarah nice job on the quiz!!

Nathanael on May 9th, 2006 at 11:41 am

Juan, I like to keep my clocks set ahead.
Sarah, the illustration that Chambers provided went something like this: Jonah had the correct ideals, the right conception of God as both just and merciful, and he used that conception to justify his refusal to do his duty to God. If Jonah had what Chambers calls “vision,” then he would not have refused to do his duty in the first place, for he would have seen why God wanted Ninevah to be saved. Or, something like that.

sarah on May 10th, 2006 at 4:20 pm

Ah. Yes. I see how that can be applied in spades to Reformed theology in general.

Nathanael on May 11th, 2006 at 7:36 am

Not to deflect the thrust of your statement, but even more than that it’s part of the human condition, I should think.

sarah on May 13th, 2006 at 7:38 am

No argument there.

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