Lord, could you possibly let me off the hook for a weekend or so?” is what an energetic old woman I knew sometimes felt like saying to her Master. I, too, get tired of obeying. He asks me then, “Do you want to be My disciple?”
“Yes, Lord, You know all things ---You know I want to.”
“The conditions have not changed. Leave self behind. Day after day take up your cross.” (See Luke 9:23.)
“Does this mean the same rigorous routine every day of my life?”
“It means the cross I give you. It means unhesitating obedience to whatever I ask on any given day, at any moment. Remember that, for the disciples, following Me meant coming apart from the ‘routines’ at times to rest and pray, and learn of Me. Trust Me to provide respite when respite is needed.”
The Music of His Promises by Elisabeth Elliot
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