You say you believe in Jesus and you are striving to be just like Him.
You say He controls you and yet you speak things that cannot possibly come from His lips.
You say you love Him and yet you spend much more time with others than you do Him.
You say you want to please Him and yet you so often please yourself.
You say He is Lord and yet you’ve created your own plan and called it His.
You say you love His brethren and yet you breathe fire down upon them.
You say you love His Word but you pull out what pleases you and leave the rest.
You say you care for the poor and yet they continue to walk right in front of you.
You say you desire His kingdom and yet you’ve built your own.
You say you care about the lost and yet you shed no tears for their souls.
You say you are nothing and yet you take offense when someone attacks you.
You say you believe in God’s love and yet you speak words of hate.
You say you believe in mercy and yet you show very little to anyone.
You say you believe in a kingdom to come and yet you store up treasures here.
You say you are humble yet you let everyone know what you have done for Him.
You say He says love your enemies and yet you barely love your friends.
You say that eternity matters most but you get all stirred about earthly issues.
You say God answers prayer and yet you pray so little and so predictable.
You say you are growing and yet you act as if you’ve arrived.
You say you believe in God’s truth and yet you act as if it is yours.
You say you are filled with His Spirit and yet you speak and act like you.
You say you believe in grace and yet you live in law.
You say salvation is a gift and yet you refuse to offer it without strings you’ve made.
You say you believe Jesus and yet you return evil for evil.
You say you desire forgiveness but you refuse to forgive.
You search for the sins in others and are blind to your own.
You say you speak for Christ but your words are yours.
You say your life was changed and yet you sound just like before.
You say you desire reconciliation and yet you seek to destroy.
You say Jesus is your Master and yet you love the praises of men.
You say you believe in Jesus and you are striving to be just like Him.
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Rick, it's Joe C,
That's probably the truest post/thing/words I've ever read on the internet.
It's all true. True as ever.
What can I do?
Are these the conclusions you've come to about yourself? They're true about me also...
There's no escaping it, you know? The worst feeling of all is knowing no matter what, I can't do all of those things, not even half, and probably not more than one at a time. And the best feeling is knowing I know I'm wrong and hopeless, and knowing that Jesus saved me anyways.
Powerful stuff Rick, thank you. Can I share that with my Bible Study?
Joe
WOW! A most excellent post ... and one which begs for no small measure of prayerful pondering!
Great word, Rick.
Where are you living now? Still in Fl? Or are you near Notre Dame? My OT prof. at Lee University was a huge ND fan. That is where he got his PhD. As of last year he is back at ND teaching OT studies.
Hope you are well.
peace,
Chad
Who are you referring to? Couldn't be me--(removes tongue from cheek)--oh.(Hangs head)
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