Different means to the same end

It is interesting to realise that there are two camps among believers who view salvation a bit differently. One group begins by being much involved in serving God’s people and for them, knowing God or receiving a greater revelation of God is slow in appearing in their lives. They tend to label the other camp as mystics who are too heavenly minded to be of any earthly good. Now people in this camp are sooner or later brought to a temporary standstill in their activities because they have to learn that it is equally important to know the God whom they serve. People in the other camp begin their christian lives with revelations of God and His Word and they would rather be in the church worshipping or fellowshipping with God’s people. Now this group needs to realise that God gives to them so that they become channels instead of containers and sooner or later, they will find themselves either stagnant or learning to gain practice in serving others. The sad thing is that both groups can sometimes be found attacking each other instead of realising that the end result is the same even though the means to reach that end may be different.