Choosing to Believe
Everyday we are given hundreds of opportunities to make choices that will impact our tomorrow's. these choices will also impact the lives of others. What we choose to believe about God and about Jesus Christ is one of those choices.
Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.
John 14:11 ESV
We choose what we believe. We choose the boundaries that establish our life. Our choices will either keep us safe or put us in harms way. In the book of Deuteronomy, God gives us the choice between life and death. He also tells us to choose life. In the verse above, Jesus tells us to choose to believe if not on His word then on the works that He has done.
When Jesus walked the earth, He performed miracles and taught lessons that could only have come from God. The people marveled at the authority He spoke with and His authority over disease and evil spirits. They knew He came from God but they talked themselves out of having what He came to give them because they chose not to commit all the way. They were not willing to lay all the "things" down in their lives in exchange for the promises of God.
People are still doing this today. We let the comforts of this world come between us the and promises of God. We let our desires and affections come before what God wants. Our selfishness weakens the church's ability to reach out and help those in need. Our greed prevents the church from being able to support the orphans and widows.
God has already fulfilled the requirements of the Law of the Old Testament in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son. God has fulfilled His part of the covenant by giving His Son in exchange for us. Now, the only thing stopping us from actually living out His promises - is us. See, in a covenant, both parties make a pledge and sacrifice to demonstrate their commitment to their relationship. Jesus has fulfilled God's part, the rest is up to us.
The choice to believe in the promises of God is ours alone to make. We either accept it or reject it. To accept the life of Jesus as the sacrifice for our sins is more than a prayer. It is a way of life. It is meant to be the cornerstone upon which we set all the other stones that build and shape our life. It is the one choice that we purposefully build the rest of our lives on.
Who or what are you choosing to build your life on?
Christ is the solid rock beneath a believing soul, all other ground is sinking sand.
Heidirn
When Jesus walked the earth, He performed miracles and taught lessons that could only have come from God. The people marveled at the authority He spoke with and His authority over disease and evil spirits. They knew He came from God but they talked themselves out of having what He came to give them because they chose not to commit all the way. They were not willing to lay all the "things" down in their lives in exchange for the promises of God.
People are still doing this today. We let the comforts of this world come between us the and promises of God. We let our desires and affections come before what God wants. Our selfishness weakens the church's ability to reach out and help those in need. Our greed prevents the church from being able to support the orphans and widows.
God has already fulfilled the requirements of the Law of the Old Testament in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son. God has fulfilled His part of the covenant by giving His Son in exchange for us. Now, the only thing stopping us from actually living out His promises - is us. See, in a covenant, both parties make a pledge and sacrifice to demonstrate their commitment to their relationship. Jesus has fulfilled God's part, the rest is up to us.
The choice to believe in the promises of God is ours alone to make. We either accept it or reject it. To accept the life of Jesus as the sacrifice for our sins is more than a prayer. It is a way of life. It is meant to be the cornerstone upon which we set all the other stones that build and shape our life. It is the one choice that we purposefully build the rest of our lives on.
Who or what are you choosing to build your life on?
Christ is the solid rock beneath a believing soul, all other ground is sinking sand.
Heidirn
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