Willard Wednesdays

The Divine Conspiracy: Chapter 1 Entering the Eternal Kind of Life Now (pp.11-20)

We are invited into right-side up living!

"We are invited to make a pilgrimage-into the heart and life of God."

"God's desire is that we should live in Him.  He sends among us the Way to himself.  That shows what, in his heart of hearts, God is really like- indeed, what reality is really like.  In its deepest nature and meaning our universe is a community of boundless and totally competent love."

"The Way we speak of is Jesus, the 'luminous Nazarene', as Albert Einstein once called him."

"Jesus offers himself as God's doorway into the life that is truly life.  Confidence in him leads us today, as in other times, to become his apprentices in eternal living."  
"And what is it, really, that explains the enduring relevance of Jesus to human life?  Why has he mattered so much?  Why does he matter now?  Why does he appear on the the front covers of leading newsmagazines two millenia later?  Why, even, is his name invoked in cursing more than that of any other person who has lived on earth?.."

"I think we finally have to say that Jesus' enduring relevance is based on his historically proven ability to speak to, to heal and empower the individual human condition....He promises wholeness for their lives.  In sharing our weakness he gives us strength and imparts through his companionship a life that has the quality of eternity."  

"Personal need and confidence in Jesus permits any person to blunder right into God's realm."  

"When we see Jesus as he is, we must turn away or else shamelessly adore him.  That must be kept in mind for any authentic understanding of the power of Christian faith."    

-all quotes by Dallas Willard

Meditation from Study Guide:

Colossians 1:15-17; 2:1-3, 9-10

Do I regard Jesus as a sufficient guide and teacher in all areas of my life?
Do I believe Jesus really has "all wisdom and knowledge" about everything, as the passage of Colossians declares?
In what ways do I have and not have confidence in Jesus to guide me in all the various areas of my life?