‘In Christ we have been brought into
fullness’
(Col.
2:10)
God Dealt Once And
For All With The Root Of Our Problem
AS human beings, the way we are
living and the care of our present daily needs are often the primary things
that occupy our thinking. However, we
are under the wrong impression if we think that if all our natural needs are
met, then our soul will be content and at peace. The journey of the Israelites through the
desert (see Ex. 15-17) illustrates how deep-rooted this kind of thinking can be
together with its impact on our attitudes towards life, relationships and God. This is, of course, a trap in which non-believers
are caught up. However, it is not only non-believers who struggle in this area,
because even we as born-again believers can become victims of the same kind of
thinking, due to lack of knowledge and spiritual growth.
Our earthly life and our daily needs are very
important to God. The ministry of Jesus
proves this. But from his perspective
our daily needs are bound up with the state of our spirit, soul and body. The state of our spiritual life has a direct
impact upon the emotional, material and social dimensions of our life. Therefore, the level at which God begins to
work in order to solve this problem, and to bring order and life to the natural
realm, is the level of the spiritual. The most important thing to him is our
redemption and justification. This effects
our spirit and our eternal life as well as our soul and body, and, as a
consequence, the whole of our earthly life.
When out in the street doing evangelism, I
have met many people who do not believe in God.
I often ask these people, “But if there were a God, what would you want
him to do for you?” They all seem to respond
to this question in more or less the same way: “Can he heal me? Can he help me financially and with my needs? Can he bring world peace and end war and
poverty?” and so on.
Naturally, we all want God to deal with
our endless needs. However, just as with garden weeds, unless God deals with
the root problem, then no matter how much we try to fix our broken lives, the
brokenness and problems that need solving will never end, and neither will our
heart be happy or our soul be free.
If you want to read more from this chapter, you can buy Victorious in Life through Christ via the following link: click here
If you want to read more from this chapter, you can buy Victorious in Life through Christ via the following link: click here
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.