But...
By Mike Rule
I was in a church earlier this year talking with a fellow about ministry. He
kept asking me how I would handle various situations. The only thing I could
respond with was pointing it all back to Christ and letting it all land at the
feet of Jesus. For each situation he brought up I would show him how the
principles of scripture would be lived out as Christ's life flowed out, but that
wasn't enough for Him. He finally said, "Yeah, I know all that about
abiding in Christ, Him living through us and all that, But..." He wanted me
to give a legalistic answer and quote chapter and verse for each situation. I
was deeply saddened because he was so entrenched in a narrow view that he could
not recognize thing he was looking for being lived out.
So often we believe that we have to contribute our efforts in the work of
Christ. We believe that Jesus is dependent upon our bag of tricks and resources
to accomplish His work. Can we take up the challenge to get our "but"
out of the way, and see that Jesus really is all we need? It's really that
simple. Do you believe it?
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