Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Ooze a little

The Lord doesn't need your goodness. He didn't save you so that you would be a cleaned-up version of yourself. Christianity isn't just being smug and "better" than everyone else.

The Lord is...the Lord. Our culture doesn't have that concept much. To be Lord is to be everything: the provider, the decision-maker, the planner, the rewarder. Our job, as Christians, is to surrender to Who He Is.

I don't think people were struck by Jesus because He was just so good. Goodness as a stand-alone isn't really appealing. I think they were startled in His presence because there was something MORE in the atmosphere around Him. Being around Jesus had the lingering smell of the throne room of heaven. He was just this ordinary person, and there was something BIG in His presence.

That is what we are called to, to be vessels of the Spirit of God, so that when people are around us, they touch something greater than us. There are keys to revealing Him, things like repentance, humility, choosing righteousness, remaining silent, speaking up when it's hard. No matter where you are in your journey with Him, you can reveal who He is by your choices. Laying your will down is so opposed to this culture--trust me, you can make much of Him in something as simple as a quiet choice.

Magnify the Lord today. You don't really want to put yourself on display anyway, and He is worth making much of.

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