My Utmost For His Highest
‘[The] battle is not against sin, difficulties, or
circumstances, but against being so absorbed in our service to Jesus Christ
that we are not ready to face Jesus Himself at every turn. The greatest need is
not facing our beliefs or doctrines, or even facing the question of whether or
not we are of any use to Him, but the need is to face Him.’ CHAMBERS
The problem we face is not in the doing but in the
being. No amount of serving will make
you spiritually right. One of the
challenges for many Christians is confusing doing good works and being
spiritually right with God. When we were
in Mississippi, very often volunteers would come with the view “I have taken
time away from work and/or family to come to Mississippi. I came here to work, so let’s go to work so I
can go home.” I would try to refocus
them on the spiritual context of what they had come to do. Some did not see the connection. Doing good things for others should be a
result of our relationship with God through Christ, not the sum total of who we
are as Christians. The rich young ruler did good things for others, but he had
not given his heart to God. Just as we
are saved by grace through faith and not works, the quality of our life and
the value of our works depends upon our relationship with our Lord. Although
James was right to say “faith without works is dead”, if your Christian
experience is based upon works alone, then you may very well have put your
faith in your works and not in Jesus. In
the one case your faith may be dead in deed, but in the other your faith is dead
indeed.
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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