Just
because you have believed in Jesus Christ does not mean you are His
disciple. You may have heard many good
things about Him and acknowledge what He has done but not be His disciple. You can even have powerful times of prayer
and work with great and marvelous ministries tied to His name and not be His
disciple. The disciple of Jesus Christ
lives out of a paradigm that is the fulfilment of Salvation. It is a most explosive moment for the
Christian when the realization strikes; "by myself I can do nothing". It is not a partial accomplishing; it is not
an imperfect doing. It is nothing that
can be done by myself. We bark at the
personal inadequacy expressed by this determination. What is wrong with you? Why are you so pessimistic? Why do you give up so easily? Don't quit yourself! You can do it! But the disciple realizes, "I cannot do
it." No matter how hard I work at
my projects and goals, I am incapable of doing anything on my own. Where we stumble on this is our view of
"nothing". I can build a
computer program but to what point? I
can read an article but for what reason?
I can make lunch but why?
Everything hinges on the determination of the soul. Am I at this moment in Christ, living through
Him and by His might or am I on my own? Does
Scripture have its hold on me or am I just loosely associated with it? Is the Holy Spirit worked through both my
will and my reach? It seems to the one
without the Holy Spirit that Jesus' contention that even He by Himself could do
nothing is gross irresponsibility. Yet,
nothing in eternity can be worked out on our own. It is only in Jesus Christ and through Him
that we take hold of heavenly purposes.
Everything else will be consumed by fire but what is done in God endures
forever. The disciple lets himself be
held in the grip of Jesus Christ and decides by rugged determination to stay
there regardless of the contending needs all around. There were plenty of places our Lord could go
during His life but He only went where the Father led Him. Are you ready to take that next step?Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Transcendent Doing
Just
because you have believed in Jesus Christ does not mean you are His
disciple. You may have heard many good
things about Him and acknowledge what He has done but not be His disciple. You can even have powerful times of prayer
and work with great and marvelous ministries tied to His name and not be His
disciple. The disciple of Jesus Christ
lives out of a paradigm that is the fulfilment of Salvation. It is a most explosive moment for the
Christian when the realization strikes; "by myself I can do nothing". It is not a partial accomplishing; it is not
an imperfect doing. It is nothing that
can be done by myself. We bark at the
personal inadequacy expressed by this determination. What is wrong with you? Why are you so pessimistic? Why do you give up so easily? Don't quit yourself! You can do it! But the disciple realizes, "I cannot do
it." No matter how hard I work at
my projects and goals, I am incapable of doing anything on my own. Where we stumble on this is our view of
"nothing". I can build a
computer program but to what point? I
can read an article but for what reason?
I can make lunch but why?
Everything hinges on the determination of the soul. Am I at this moment in Christ, living through
Him and by His might or am I on my own? Does
Scripture have its hold on me or am I just loosely associated with it? Is the Holy Spirit worked through both my
will and my reach? It seems to the one
without the Holy Spirit that Jesus' contention that even He by Himself could do
nothing is gross irresponsibility. Yet,
nothing in eternity can be worked out on our own. It is only in Jesus Christ and through Him
that we take hold of heavenly purposes.
Everything else will be consumed by fire but what is done in God endures
forever. The disciple lets himself be
held in the grip of Jesus Christ and decides by rugged determination to stay
there regardless of the contending needs all around. There were plenty of places our Lord could go
during His life but He only went where the Father led Him. Are you ready to take that next step?
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