How easily lost is the Jesus I love so much....lost in hype for or against one belief or another....lost in fear of the unknown or the different.... lost in the minor details... lost. What is it about the human condition that refuses HIM, at His natural, pure self....just Him? Our minds tell us to be careful. Our hearts tell us to hurry. We become torn between that natural seeking, that God-given hole, and our own desire to understand everything before we believe.
As I watch someone near to me searching...I ache for them. I wish I could bring the revelation they need to soak Him in. Not because thinking or researching is bad, it's not, but we can get distracted with the carnal and allow it to dissuade us from the spiritual. "For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth” John 4:24. Our minds can be wonderful things, but they can also be the one thing that prevents us from ever experiencing the fullness of God.
The Church as a whole is unhelpful in this regard. We don't agree on anything. We fight about EVERYTHING. We love to point to flaws in leaders as long as they believe differently than us...and if they believe the same we justify their weakness as human nature. It's so frustrating and it becomes clear how someone could feel confused about what is REAL. I wonder what we would look like, city on a hill, if we could silence our own agendas long enough to allow His? It's common sense really. We hinder our own purpose. We are the house that refuses to be built. It's time that we, the Church, focus on what we share versus what we disagree on...the power is not in the doctrine, it's in the name of Jesus. And everyone, no matter their background, needs Him...and MORE of Him. No one has arrived nor are any of us done with our journey. There's more to do, more to learn, more to experience.
I guess this is my cry for unity, my cry for allowing Him to be God and us to be His people...we are tools that work only if in His hands. Let's remove the hype, remove the arguments, and allow Jesus to win some hearts! THAT is greatest gift, the belief we all share, the reason we are here. #forward
1 Peter 3:8
"Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude."
1 Corinthians 1:10
"I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose."
Romans 12:4-5
"Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other."
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