I try to always ask myself how do I become a ‘better’ Christian? How do I love Jesus better? How do I not do the things I don’t want to do and how do I do the things I really want to do? What does loving Jesus look like and how do I do it? I’m not sure that this is the right question though. Through the whole bible it talks about what Jesus has done for us. What he gave up for us. What he shed for us and what he has given to us. Maybe this is how God works? Maybe its not what we can do for God, but what he can do for us. Maybe its not about doing this or not doing that. Maybe its not about us forcing ourselves to change, trying to squeeze ourselves into a ’Jesus’ mould. Maybe it’s about Jesus boiling us up and pouring us into his mould.
Why do we as Christian’s always think its about what we can give to God? What we can do for God? How we can bless God? How we can convert people? How we can become a bigger church? How we can change the world? Isn’t it about what Jesus did on the cross for us. Isn’t it about what God can do for you? It’s not about us, it’s about Jesus. It’s always about Jesus, not us. So when we want to know how do I become a better follower of Jesus, maybe its not about what we do, but about what he does. He is the one that changes us, not us. His grace is the thing that changes us day by day, but we seem to forget that apart from when we want to convert someone. We talk to people about Jesus doing everything for them so they don’t have to do anything, other than accept him. Why do we forget this principle when we become a follower of Christ. Are we now too good? Do we know a better way? Or do we just forget?
Jesus does all the changing for us, all we have to do is let him. It’s what we preach, it’s what we teach, it’s what we say to young kids and it’s what we say to old kids. It doesn’t change for us though. We are not special. Maybe if I want to become a ’better’ Christian I should let Jesus sort me out instead of trying to do it myself. Maybe I should give him as many opportunities as I can to let him sort me out, but maybe I should let him finish the good work he started in me. It has to be all about Jesus, and what he does for me, not what I can do for him, because if it isn’t Jesus, my wife, my friends, my church and myself are all going to be let down by the end product.
I try to always ask myself how do I become a ‘better’ Christian? How do I love Jesus better? How do I not do the things I don’t want to do and how do I do the things I really want to do? What does loving Jesus look like and how do I do it? I’m not sure that this is the right question though. Through the whole bible it talks about what Jesus has done for us. What he gave up for us. What he shed for us and what he has given to us. Maybe this is how God works? Maybe its not what we can do for God, but what he can do for us. Maybe its not about doing this or not doing that. Maybe its not about us forcing ourselves to change, trying to squeeze ourselves into a ’Jesus’ mould. Maybe it’s about Jesus boiling us up and pouring us into his mould.
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