One day I was searching for Jesuits and seriously misspelled it. It took me to some site(www.jesuist.org/) which told “To be a Jesuist, or Jesus follower, we do not need to agree on who Jesus is; we simply need to want what Jesus has to offer.” I was thinking who is a Christian and how can you define a Christian?
“A christian is not the one who follows Christ and does what he teaches us do”.
“But a true christian is the one who follows Christ and invokes the help of Christ himself to follow him.”
The difference is you are a Christian only when take your strength from Christ himself. There are many non-Christians who love their neighbours and love their God. But a Christian loves his neighbour not just by his will and his ability but by the ability of Christ and by his grace and nothing else. That's where Saints got their strength. St Therese tells she knows that by herself she cannot do anything and she offers everything to Christ who strengthens her. She says she asks God to lift her up and her Christ lifts her up to the great spiritual heights.
To attain anything in spiritual life, first we must humble ourselves and accept we cannot do anything worthy whatever our abilities are. And then ask Christ to give us power and grace to follow him. The flood gates of heaven will be opened and grace will pour out. Whatever we do is nothing for The King of Kings, he only needs our love and our consent to let him work through our lives. When we humble ourselves and submit before his will we will achieve real greatness which is impossible to attain through our own efforts.
“A christian is not the one who follows Christ and does what he teaches us do”.
“But a true christian is the one who follows Christ and invokes the help of Christ himself to follow him.”
The difference is you are a Christian only when take your strength from Christ himself. There are many non-Christians who love their neighbours and love their God. But a Christian loves his neighbour not just by his will and his ability but by the ability of Christ and by his grace and nothing else. That's where Saints got their strength. St Therese tells she knows that by herself she cannot do anything and she offers everything to Christ who strengthens her. She says she asks God to lift her up and her Christ lifts her up to the great spiritual heights.
To attain anything in spiritual life, first we must humble ourselves and accept we cannot do anything worthy whatever our abilities are. And then ask Christ to give us power and grace to follow him. The flood gates of heaven will be opened and grace will pour out. Whatever we do is nothing for The King of Kings, he only needs our love and our consent to let him work through our lives. When we humble ourselves and submit before his will we will achieve real greatness which is impossible to attain through our own efforts.
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