When I was a
child, I thought the sky ended on the
other side of the hill around us. I climbed the hill, and there was another
higher hill, and I thought the sky would really end there, but when I climbed
that hill too, the sky kept on expanding.
That's exactly
what I have come to discover concerning the warfare of 1John 2:16.
1John 2:15 Do not
love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love
of the Father is not in him.
1John 2:16 For all
that is in the world— the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and
pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.
1John 2:17 And the
world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God
abides forever.
The battle
keeps on unfolding. The more you conquer the enemy's Hills, the more you see
the larger battle plains between and beyond the enemy's hills!
How easy it is,
to often brag like a drunk rather than to commit like a soldier!
