52 - On Fleeing From the World

On Fleeing from the World. But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Galatians 6.14. We think we are far away from the world when we are in a place of quiet religious retreat. But we still speak the world's language, we have its feelings and curiosities. We still want a reputation and friendships. We want to be entertained. We still have high-minded opinions of ourselves. We still suffer the slightest humiliations with great indignation. We say we want to forget the world, but in the depths of our hearts we do not want to be forgotten by it. We are searching to no avail when we try to find a halfway point between Jesus Christ and the world. As the Apostle Paul said, it is not enough for the world to be dead to us, we must also be dead to it.