Good Christ
He said, The only thing more difficult than having a personal relationship with an invisible God is having no such relationship
. Thats the true VCR, isnt it? Thats the true Very Critical Response, Lord, to whom shall we go? So press fast forward. Next, press the rewind button. Remember the history. Simon Peter did. Or you could say remember His story. Remember His story in your life. Thats what Simon Peter did. Simon Peter said, Okay, rewind. Think about my life before I met Jesus. I was wandering aimlessly. I was floating on the seas of relativism trying to catch some fish and it wasnt working. I didnt have any direction or focus. Then I met Christ and things happened.
Maybe you have been a Christ follower for a long time. Maybe you have a lot of years under your belt. Maybe right now, due to a trauma in a relationship, due to an illness, due to some looming large question, maybe you are doubting. Maybe you are really having a tough time. Press the rewind button. Think about His story in your life. Think about what he has done in maybe your marriage or your career, or maybe with the habit that was messing you around. Think about the lives you have seen changed. Think about the emerging church. Think about those things.
Maybe you are a brand new believer. Maybe you are just taking the plastic off your Bible and going, Oh, man, okay, I am brand new at this stuff. When you are hit with doubt, think about the set of circumstances that led you to your faith decision. Think about meeting that person at the office. Think about that small group. Think about that opportunity you had to bow the knee and accept Christ. Think about that. Thats rich stuff. Thats good stuff.
I was talking to a friend of mine who is one breath away, one prayer away, from becoming a Christ follower. He told me this, he said, Ed, I know, man, its not by accident that I met this group, this bunch of people and I am here. Its not by accident.
Remember David, that Hebrew hick, little teenage boy? He looked at Goliath and said, Lets get ready to rumble. No, he didnt say that. I made that up. But here is what he did say. David pressed the rewind button. Before he took out Goliath, he said, Ive taken out the lion. Ive taken out the bear. And God will deliver me from this ugly bad-breath Philistine. He didnt say bad breath. I added that too. But you hear me.
Psalm 77, heres David: I will remember the deeds of the Lord. Yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will meditate on all your works and consider all of your mighty deeds.
Ed Young Pastor shows us a play. Sharpen your spiritual sword. Play. We have been in John, chapter 6, and in this book, the book of John, the Gospel of John, the word faith is used a bunch. Its never used as a noun. Its always used as a verb with action behind it. Yet, we try to take faith and we try to make it a noun, dont we? The disciples didnt. Despite their doubts, they still went to where faith was.
When you are doubting, when you are spinning, when you are against the ropes, go to where faith is. Push the play button and say, God I dont get it. This tape is messing with my intellect. I dont understand it. Im having a hard time reconciling you allowing this tragedy to happen to this good Christ follower. But I am going to move out in faith, in trust, even though I dont get it. I give my life to you.
by: Ed Young
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