Started re-reading “Whatever happened to worship” by A.W. Tozer this morning. So many good things stood out. Here’s one of them…
If we are led by the Spirit of God and if we show forth the love of God this world needs, we become the ‘winsome saints’
The strange and wonderful thing about it is that truly winsome and loving saints do not even know about their attractiveness. The great saints of past years did not know they were great saints. If someone had told them, they would not have believed it, but those around them knew that Jesus was living his life in them.
We can make this whole ‘being a witness’ thing pretty complicated, but essentially it really is about Jesus living his life in us, and us being led by his Spirit.
Our goal is therefore not to ‘live a life which is attractive to people’. Our goal is to be led by him. The by-product of that is a life which is attractive – whether we realize it or not.
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Oh, I am so happy to have run across this post today! I love the idea of winsome saints, and long for a day when our churches have more of them than people who play at “spirituality” so they can boost their own ego and pride. This post makes me want to read the whole book and learn more – thanks for giving me this insight, and a direction to pray for God to use my life to reach a lost and hurting world.
God bless you,
Lori