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The Discipleship of Disillusionment

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Verse: “Jesus did not commit Himself unto them…for He knew what was in man.
 – John 2:24-25

Quote: “Many of the cruel things in life spring from the fact that we suffer from illusions. We are not true to one another as facts; we are true only to our ideas of one another.”

We often demand things from one another that no human being can provide; only Jesus Christ can satisfy the “last aching abyss of the human heart.” Jesus knew precisely what we were capable of, which is why He didn’t trust man. But He also knew what God’s perfect grace was capable of, which is why He never gave up on anyone.

We have to lose the illusions we have that this world exists apart from God, and instead put our trust in His nature and rest in His shadow.