Chasing Your First Experience with Christ

wayneman's avatarImmortality Road

Many young Christians get entangled in the trappings of the first flush of Christian love that they experience. Christ’s amazing, selfless love many times overpowers them. They experience tremendous joy and love. And then, a bit later, the rush of that first, fine feeling of the love from above subsides and seemingly leaves them.

Instead of seeking more of His plan and purpose and seeking the “unsearchable riches of Christ,” the babe in Christ stays there in that congregation or circle, glued to a belief that if they stay right there, the Spirit will return and give them that same feeling again, just like what happened before. It is as if they are a prisoner of their own experience with God; it is just the first step.

I am not putting anyone down here. I speak from personal experience. A babe in Christ is like the thrill seeker going after…

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3 thoughts on “Chasing Your First Experience with Christ

  1. My intentional quest ( to find answers) to connect with Christ led me to the last place I expected to find comfort, understanding, forgiveness, acceptance and enlightenment once I got out of my own way and learned to listen and follow as opposed to to try and control the pathway and result I predetermined I wanted. Today, I’m who and right where Christ needs me to be.

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