Jesus told us not to
rejoice that the demons fear us but that our names are written in heaven. Christianity has become to a large degree a
results oriented club rather than what God intends, the opening in which we all
build our lives in Christ. We can feed
our lusts by doing this or that, all good and noble activities perhaps, but the
Lord isn't interested in those things.
He wants to form Himself in us that what is found as we are uncovered in
the light of human scrutiny is Christ there.
The crucible is not the great place, the thrilling spot, the
electrifying moment but it is at the sink where the dishes we wash are for
God's glory and we do not just tolerate the task but thank the Lord that He
might shine there. As we make the
presentation or help an ungrateful child with his homework we have the form of
Christ jutting out from the task and it is up to us if we are going to let Him
be seen. We can complain about our
classmate or gossip about our co-worker and all the while entertain someone
with our craftiness but is that what we want our lives to be? Are we satisfied with the same personality as
Adam and Cain or do we most want to be joined to Christ? Sodom was not destroyed because it was the
center of homosexuality; it was wrecked because God could not do anything with
the people who lived there. They resisted to the end the love and mercy of God
and if we can't let Christ seep out of us when the work gets tedious and our
efforts go unnoticed, then what good are?
It is just when Jerusalem hated Christ most that He did His greatest
work. Can it be said of you too that the
love of Christ and His mastery of your soul takes the stage when you future
looks grim and your fruit is blighted?
Do you have the look of God as you come to your own Cross? The imitation of Christ is not some sort of
faking it, the play acting of a movie script; it is the deliverance of the
human heart from sin by the blood of Jesus Christ resulting in His life working
His way through ours in real moments of common actions.
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is
good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil
has not seen God. 3 John 11-12
NIV
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