Friday, February 18, 2011

First Steps

First Steps

The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Mark 1:1).


            All revolutions have a beginning that sparks thousands if not millions of other beginnings. The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God is really the beginning of time. Yet each human being is constantly waiting for the secondary explosion of a new beginning. These secondary explosions are the catalysts that convert us from bystanders to participants in the revolution of the good news.
            The good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God is a concept so complicated and alien to human beings that Mark spends his entire text trying to explain its meaning. In short, the good news is that it is now possible for human beings to be joined with God in his perfect will.
            There are two first steps that initiate us as participants in The Revolution of Jesus Christ. First, we are to constantly expect, prepare for and welcome the new beginnings of Jesus Christ in our lives. It is not enough to be saved 10 years-ago, 5-years-ago, 2 years ago or last week. We need a new beginning with Jesus Christ each day, hour, minutes and second that we breath. When we welcome these new beginnings, God draws near and we start to experience reality through his perspective of love. Allowing God to open our eyes to his perception of the universe is the second step toward participation in The Revolution of Jesus Christ. Through God’s grace we learn to see the world as the domain of three or four billion people starving from insufficient quantities of God’s love, guidance and grace. The Revolution of Jesus Christ is an exponential chain of new beginnings in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

4 comments:

  1. Well stated. Jesus says in John 10:10 "The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly."

    God wants to give to us but we make ourselves falsely believe that we are better than others. I believe that we have to renew this commitment to God daily.

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  2. The challenge is the mornings I wake up tired and overwhelmed with life. Are those the times I seek a new beginning in Jesus Christ and welcome the proximity and guidence and relationship of God or are those the days the days I try to muddle through on my own?

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  3. I think those are the days that we simply must ask Jesus to carry us. I am doing that today. I am so tired from putting up the insulation in my garage and getting everything ready in there for my business that I am mentally and physically exhausted.

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  4. Why does the thief come at night, when the sheep are tired? He comes at night because the sheep are not alert and on guard. When we are tired we convince ourselves that we deserve the indulgences of "little" sins: icecream, violent movies, things that comfort us and help us escape a world of toil. In chosing the lesser things, I despise the feast that the Lord sets before me.

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