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When all the smoke and mirrors that make up our fallen world fade away, only what has been faithful and hope-based and loving will remain. But why is love the “greatest” in this trio of faith, hope, and love?

It’s because faith and hope are along-the-way words, not end-of-the-trip words. Faith and hope get you through the too-long car trip. They’re the looking-forward part that keeps us going until we finally get home. But when at last we pull into the driveway and reach our final destination, the sign above the door will carry a single word: love.

     —John Trent, Ph.D., Be There!

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The C. S. Lewis novel I’m reading, That Hideous Strength, has this statement: “Every conscious being is either obeying God, or else is disobeying God.”

I’ve never looked at it in such black-and-white terms before. I’ve always thought of most things as being neutral. Sometimes I’m doing God’s will, sometimes I’m disobeying God’s will, but most of the stuff I’m doing has nothing to do with God’s will—just neutral activities. But I think he’s right about this—that all the neutral stuff can really be divided into obedience or disobedience of God. So how would that affect your life? What if about every action, not just the tough choices, you asked, “Is this what God wants me to do right now?” I hesitate even to try something like that.

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