I saw that Christianity wasn’t just about me—my faith, my study, my growth, my self—but was ultimately about God. It seems like such a basic conclusion, but it was profound in the moment. Until then I’d been seeking Jesus to learn more about myself. I sought Him to find peace or to get away from the effects of my sin. I followed Him, but mainly as a means to an end, and my spiritual life reflected that. When I began searching for God for God’s sake, I discovered the kind of spiritual walk Jesus came to initiate. I discovered what He meant by His promise that He had come to give us abundant
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