On A Journey!
Dear Champions,
The short excerpt is by Tim Keller, and the Scripture is in the excerpt.
To be a Christian is to be a disciple, and discipleship is a journey. To go on the journey means to give up My right to self-determination and to say, I will obey You, Lord, and I get rid of all the ifs and conditions. However, after your decisive beginning of the journey, the fact of the matter is that it is still a journey, and you do not have to have it all together. It is a process, and it takes time.
If you think that discipleship is the way you are saved -- by being committed, focused, and by giving Jesus the priority – you are missing the point. Jesus does not say, If you follow Me, I will go to the cross for you. No -- He says, I am going to the cross for you, so follow Me.
Of all of the religions and philosophies of the world and every basis of every identity says that what makes you right with God is things that you have done. Christianity says, No, what makes you right with God is things that He has done.
Other religions say that their founders were prophets. But our religion says that Jesus was the Son of God and that the resurrection proves it. Christianity says our founder is not just pointing the way to God – but rather, He is God. Christianity says, Our religion does not tell you how to find God by your efforts, but how Jesus came and did it all for you. He died for your sins and was your substitute; and He brings you to God.
Why would you want to try and submit and give up the Lordship and control of your life to God knowing that you will stumble some in the journey? Mark 14:38 Jesus says, Abba, Father, everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will. In Christianity you have a God that has already submitted and given Himself away for you, and no other religion gives you a god like that.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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