Be Thou My Vision.

 “Lord, I will do anything that your kingdom requires of me. Wherever you want me to be, I’ll go.  Whatever the circumstances, I’m willing to follow. If you want to meet a need through my life, I am your servant; and I will do whatever is required.” ~Experiencing God

“I stood before three lines in the sand.  Somehow I knew what each represented:

Line 1: I believe in God and the gospel of Christ enough to benefit from it...

Line 2: I believe in God and Christ’s gospel enough to contribute comfortably… I realized, I was second-line believer.  I’d serve Jesus in ministry, but I didn’t want to many critics.  I’d give up some things for Christ, but being away from my family often was too much.  I’d follow Jesus anywhere- as long as the job included insurance for my family.  The third line was just inches in front of me.  It might as well have been miles.

Line 3: I believe in God and Christ’s gospel enough to give my life to it.  Although most people I knew were line-one and line-two believers, suddenly anything less that line three didn’t seem like real Christianity to me.  Could I give my whole life for Christ?  Not only in words but in my daily life?

…I knew in the deepest part of myself: I have to be a third-line believer.”

~The Christian Atheist by Craig Groeschel

“Enter through the narrow gate.  For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Matthew 7:13-14

“And I took the road less traveled by and that made all the difference.”