Tuesday, April 28, 2009
AMEN!
God urges us to do the impossible so that we will turn to him in desperation and plead with him to do for us what he has commanded.(That is Adrian Warnock's lovely and talented wife for the uninitiated)
Such a simple formula - so well stated - so often forgotten. I am so tempted to write about being confident victorious Christians in light of it, but what is really fascinating is the context in which Andree makes this wonderful statement:
"Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live.” - Ezekial 19:30-32The impossibility here is not building the best church, making the best speech, boldly stepping out into entrepreneurship - nope the impossibility that Andree chooses to confront us with is repentance.
Do we fear anything more than looking at ourselves honestly? We talk constantly of the infinite and graceful nature of God's love, and yet we are afraid to expose ourselves to it fully. I am reminded of what may be the most powerful prayer in all of scripture:
Mark 9:22b-24 - ...But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!" And Jesus said to him,"' If You can!' All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the boy's father cried out and {began} saying, "I do believe; help my unbelief."When we fail to repent it is because we fail to believe that God loves us as much as He actually does. All our talk of God's love is tested when it comes to this simple fact. If we believe what we preach then we repent.
Thank you Andree for this wonderful insight.
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