Superficiality is the curse of our age
In his book Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster
states, “Superficiality is the curse of our age… The
desperate need today is not for a greater number of
intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.”
Think back on your day so far… In what ways were you
superficial today? I often ask how people are doing, but it
is out of courtesy, not out of genuine care. We write quick
notes, run from meeting to meeting, talk about life in 140
characters, and shake as many hands as possible. But how
deep are we? And if that is how we approach one another,
how often are we superficial with God?
The transformation of our lives takes place in direct
proportion to the time we spend with God. If we want to be
a better friend or spouse, we spend time with the other
person and get to know them better. If we want to be a
better follower of God, we have to spend time with him
and get to know him better. Paul writes about this in
Ephesians 2, the sister letter to Colossians. He states,
“Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and
strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also
members of his household, built on the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the
chief cornerstone. In him the whole building, being joined
together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. And in him
you too are being built together to become a dwelling in
which God lives by his Spirit” (Eph. 2:19-22). When we
dwell with God and spend time with him, he continues to
help us grow and be built and established. We become
what God wants us to be, and our relationship with HIM
and our relationships with ONE ANOTHER become
deeper, more loving, and more nourishing. May we be
people who are growing in the Lord.