self-absorbtion

Tuesday August 12th, Romans 10: 5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them." 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or 'Who will descend into the deep?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," It is not through the road of a righteous high that you find God, it is not through a road of ascetic deprivation that you find God. They are both about you and therefore self-absorbed and not about God. It is in recognizing the Kingdom is near, it is in your heart and in your mouth and in the heart and mouth of those on the other side of life and the world. The kingdom is never about God and I, it is always about God and the universal we. Until you bring the Gospel out there, you never quite find it in here.