Likewise, it is only in weakness and vulnerability that we can find ourselves in Christ, because we are so broken that we will always seek out idolatrous ways of creating a self. These ways will be driven by the power to control and will be fueled by structures of the powers and principalities. Power to control may mean domination, or it may mean using people to feel whole or find self-fulfillment. Our fallen hearts are skilled at finding idolatrous paths to self-growth. As those who are in Christ, however, we are called to give ourselves for the good of others, to genuinely move toward them
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