Armageddun Loc: The show me state

Armageddun Loc: The show me state

BUT WE SEE JESUSƒ
HEB 2: 1-9

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT ONE OF THE MOST TIME-CONSUMING BATTLES
IN MY LIFE IS TRYING TO KEEP THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE.

IT IS SO EASY TO FALL INTO THE TRAP OF COMPLAINING, AND
DISCOURAGEMENT, WHEN LIFE TAKES THOSE SUDDEN UNANNOUNCED TURNS.

IF A PERSON ISN'T CAREFUL IN MAINTAINING THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE,
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, CAN AT TIMES BE PERCEIVED TO BE MORE TROUBLE
THEN IT'S WORTH...

IN DEALING WITH FOLKS, AND TRYING TO HELP THEM WORK THROUGH
PROBLEMS AND SITUATIONS IN THEIR LIVES, I SUPPOSE I HEAR THIS
COMMENT MORE, THAN ANY OTHER. IF I HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY TIME
SOMEONE SAID I DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT, I WOULD BE A VERY
RICH MAN.

I MUST ADMIT TO YOU, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO
JUST THROW UP YOUR HANDS AND SAY, WHO NEEDS ALL THIS.

BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ALWAYS THERE SAYING... BUT WE SEE JESUS.

FOR SOME REASON, THERE IS A TRAIN OF THOUGHT THAT HAS BEEN FOSTERED
THAT WOULD CHART OR GRAPH THE CHRISTIAN LIFE AS A SMOOTH STRAIGHT
LINE, STARTING AT "0" AND GOING DIRECTLY UPWARD TO 100.

BUT IN REALITY, THE REAL GRAPH OF LIFE CAN GO FROM "0" TO 100 AND
BACK TO "0" ON A DAILY BASIS.

THERE WAS A TIME IN MY EARLY CHRISTIAN LIFE THAT I THOUGHT THAT
ONCE I GOT ALL THE BUGS OUT, LIFE WOULD BE A LOT EASIER.
NOW I HAVE DISCOVERED THERE ARE 2 POSSIBILITIES:
EITHER I HAD MORE BUGS THAN I THOUGHT.
OR I HAD THE WRONG PERSPECTIVE CONCERNING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.

TO DISCOVER THE TRUTH, AS ALWAYS WE MUST LOOK TO JESUS FOR THE
ANSWERS, THAT WAY WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK IN LINE AND MAINTAIN OUR
PERSPECTIVE.

IF THE LIFE OF JESUS WERE TO BE PLOTTED ON A GRAPH IT WOULD APPEAR
VERY STRANGE BECAUSE HIS LIFE RATHER THAN STARTING AT "0" WOULD
START AT 100.

1. WE JESUS IN JOHN 1:3; HEB 1:3 AS GOD'S EQUAL

2. NOTICE HOW QUICKLY HE GOES TO "0" IN 2 COR 8:9

3. THINGS GET BETTER FOR JESUS, RIGHT? WRONG LOOK AT ISA 53:3-9

4. DOES JESUS GIVE UP, COMPLAIN AND QUIT... NO, NOT ACCORDING TO
MATT 20:28.

5.WHY, WHAT WAS THE PERSPECTIVE THAT MOTIVATED JESUS? JOHN 6:38.
TALK ABOUT KEEPING THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE...

6. WAS ALL THIS BECAUSE JESUS HAD NO CONTROL OVER LIFE AND
CIRCUMSTANCES....NO, NOT ACCORDING TO EPH 1:20, OR PHIL 2:5-11.
YOU SEE FOLKS EVEN WHEN LIFE WAS AT "0" JESUS HIMSELF WAS AT 100.

7. WELL, WE MIGHT WONDER AND ASK DOES JESUS GET ANGRY AT US WHEN WE
LOSE OUR PERSPECTIVE AND WALLOW IN OUR FAILURES? NO NOT ACCORDING
TO HEB 4:15. FOLKS JESUS UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE GO THROUGH.

AND THANK GOD FOR HIS INFINITE COMPASSION. HE REMAINED FAITHFUL,
SINLESS, GIVING US AN EXAMPLE TO KEEP ON KEEPING ON.

8. IS IT WORTH IT AFTER ALL?.... YOU BET IT IS ACCORDING TO 1 JOHN
3:2.... YOU SEE THEN WITH HIM IN GREAT GLORY IT WILL A ETERNAL LIFE
LIVED AT 100........

Rose42

Zemirah Loc: Sojourner En Route...

Thank you so much, Armageddun, for your wisdom.

...and for properly rebalancing our Christian equilibrium... back to the totality of God's message of love, propitiation, justice, and mercy accomplished through Christ Jesus.

The deed to our salvation is recorded in the 1st chapter of John:

John 1:1: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

Christianity's self-evident truth has always been and will always be to
Keep your eyes on Jesus, and your ears upon His words.