GOD DIDN’T SAVE US TO JUST GO TO CHURCH, sit in a pew, listen, and leave.
Many professing Christians don’t even do that.
He expects us to be good dirt, producing something.
Some don’t understand God’s Word so they don’t obey, ever, and go back to their vomit.
Others get excited about Jesus, worship, and fellowship, but don’t read the Bible to apply knowledge, so when stuff hits the fan, they fall away.
REALLY? IS THERE ANYTHING BETTER THAT YOU HAVE APART FROM JESUS?
Nope. Jesus is better than ice cream.
I WAS $30,000 IN DEBT WHEN I GAVE MY LIFE TO THE LORD….
I read this passage as a new believer and wondered if this could apply to my paying it off.
Slowly.
By faith I would start by sending a few dollars to the credit card company, like stretching out my hand.
A small task. Would God honor it?
I WALK WITH A LIMP.
Can’t help it. Arthritis.
But most likely, it’s from years of wrestling with God.
“Grown up pastors walk with a limp,” writes Jerod Wilson.
“They’ve had their feet knocked out from under them at some point and discovered that God is still good all the time.
“Grown up pastors know that the gospel is the only power to save, and that it is of first importance, so in their maturity they’ve grown weary of putting on airs or putting on shows or putting on millstones.”
I’m still growing up.
Psalm 13:3— “Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death….”
GOD’S PRIMARY METHOD OF ANSWERING US WHEN WE CALL IS THROUGH HIS WORD.
To be left alone without God would be too horrible for words, while being left alone with Him is a taste of heaven!
If His followers spent more time alone with Him, we would have spiritual giants again.