David and his armor

(Here are some musings from me……)

Staying in our Christ given lane….

We are admonished in first Thessalonians 5:21 to “prove all things; hold fast that which is good”. 

Christian life is a blessing……and sometimes challenging. 

We all have our thoughts and opinions. We have convictions and sometimes it’s hard to understand why others don’t think the same way. I get it. If I love Jesus and want to do what He says then why don’t others do the same?  

However, in circumstances of preference or freedom in Christ, embarking on a holy crusade to convert everyone else to our way of thinking will never end the way we hope. Even if we do win over a few “disciples”, unless our goal is to point them to their identity in Christ, the “conversion” will be a shallow one indeed.

I don’t believe God made us to think exactly the same. He wants us to follow Him and focus on Him. Read His word for ourselves; pray and ask for His wisdom for what His word means. Jesus wants us to depend upon Him. 

It’s like when David went to tell Saul he is going to fight the giant Goliath. All David had was his sling and small stones. Saul meant well and gave David his best armor. He wanted David to have a chance at surviving the fight with Goliath! David tried the armor on but it was bulky and got in his way. It was awkward and David didn’t know what to do with it. David told Saul that God had saved him from the bear and the lion and that God will save him from Goliath the Philistine. He took off Saul’s armor and you know the rest of the story. Because David trusted in God, he triumphed over that giant Philistine. 

So it is in our Christian life. We cannot live on another’s faith. If we try, it will end in frustration.

We will not even know WHY we are doing what we are doing or not doing. It will be mechanical with no real life flowing from Jesus. 

Jesus is still the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE!