Dreadful will be the day when the world becomes contented, when one great universal satisfaction spreads itself over the world. Sad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life that he is living, with the thoughts that he is thinking, with the deeds that he is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger which he knows that he was meant and made to do because he is a child of God.
Lethargic
Francis Frangipane
Beloved, the Lord seeks to awaken us to His presence. His promises are more than dream-like realities reserved only for the hereafter. In this life, Moses lived in the glory of God; and while still earthbound, Israel’s elders “ate and drank” in the visible glory of God (Ex 24:9-11). “Beholding . . . the glory of the Lord” is the very means of our transformation! (2 Cor. 3:18). Thus, if we want Christ to manifest through us, we must rouse ourselves from the opiates of worldliness and lethargy. If we want our dream of living in God’s presence to come true we must wake up.