Everyone lives what they really believe. Izzy
A really ridiculous statement. "Lord,I believe, help me in my unbelief."
J
So you donât live your beliefs? Izzy
Not always and neither do you. Neither does the addicted, lost in his habit and helpless to be what he really wants to be; neither the confused and beleaguered wife who compromises to save the marriage; or the young black boy with absolutely no guidance, lost in a sea of racial regrets who cries in private at what he sees as his only choices; or the gay and homely blade who is so taken by the disappointment of his parents (in all facets of his life) that, in spite of what he believes, his need for acceptance prevails.
None of this rises to the level of reasoned excuse for failure. But the addicted "really wants" and thus, believes in what is noble and right; the beleaguered wife "compromises" and thus acknowledges what she believes to be right; the black boy who secretly weeps lives a life that trumps what he knows is right (thus the tears); and the gay and lonely son who is driven by guilt because, and only because, he "knows" what he believes but is lost without a teacher (lost does not mean lost, in this case). Tears, guilt, compromise, restless addictions are all testaments to the possession of truth. It is when we have so surrendered to the flesh that we feel no guilt, shed no tears, are aware of no compromise, and rejoice in our addictions that we are truly lost -- given over to the flesh.
So people often do not live as they believe, Linda. And there are times when we meet these people, speak what God would have us to say and it strikes at the heart of who they really are and what they really believe and they are "saved." That is what I am saying.
John
