| Daily
Thought – October 6, 2004 |
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| LIVING THE SOLUTION WITH DAILY INSPIRATION |
I can't impress
this on you too strongly. God is looking over your
shoulder. Christ himself is the Judge, with the final
say on everyone, living and dead. He is about to break
into the open with his rule, so proclaim the Message
with intensity; keep on your watch. Challenge, warn,
and urge your people. Don't ever quit. Just keep it
simple. (2 Timothy 4:1-2, the Message)
Oh how we have complicated the Good
News. We have become like the Jews of the Old Testament,
turning a living relationship into formulas, duty, methods,
and obligation. We pay more attention to what is on
the outside of a person than what is inside.
The message of God is simple: God loves you and He desires
an intimate personal relationship with you. That is
why He created you. Unfortunately, man turned his back
on God. Fortunately, God came in the form of man in
Jesus to pay for our unfaithfulness, our betrayal of
His heart and our distrust of God. He died on the cross
to bridge the gap between us and God, and on the third
day after His death He came back to life and now sits
at the right hand of God. He now offers to us this life;
a life with Him, a life of love, intimacy, adventure,
joy, desires fulfilled, broken hearts healed, freedom
from the ways of sin, freedom to live in love from our
healed hearts. That’s the Good News of the Christ.
That is the message of God — relationship restored.
Is that the message you have always heard? Is that the
message you deliver in your daily life? Is that the
kind of Christianity that you are offering to others?
Or is it the one full of "dos" and "don’ts" based
on duty and obligation? Is it one filled with twists
and turns so complicated that it takes a specialist
to understand it and explain it?
Life is complicated enough; let’s not make life
with God complicated as well. Paul is so right. God
is coming soon so stop confusing people by making life
with God complex. Let them see the simplicity of it
all, and if you can’t, then ask God to show you
His simple but loving heart. Keep the message simple.
Live it with Passion
Pete Reinbold
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