By Mike Glenn OK, I admit it. I’m not getting a lot of work done these days and no one should blame me. It’s March Madness. During these few weeks in March, 64 of the best college basketball teams meet in a grand tournament to determine the best college basketball team in the country. That means there have been days when there were eight basketball games on television on the same day! Really, how is a guy supposed to get any serious work done with eight games of temptation on the screen?
Nice analogy, but life isn’t a basketball game. Of course I want to be fully fit and perfectly skilled to serve God in every opportunity I get. Yet, many have been the moments when it’s been apparent that the outcome achieved has been well beyond how well I’ve used my own skills. And many times the outcome has been so different from expected, yet clearly so perfect, that the hand of God is the only explanation. Give God your best: then let God lead.
I firmly believe that pastors as leaders are leading the flock by example. What the pastor DOES and where the pastor GOES, the sheep will follow as they have. Something has to change from the top down. Public confession, truth-telling, repentance have to start from the top and it is urgently needed. It has to get specific. You guys know what I’m talking about. Loving your neighbor starts with walking in truth and purity and integrity and helping the sheep understand exactly where they have been led and why. Perhaps the question of trust is whether the sheep can trust the pastors, the majority of whom are porn users and haven’t told the sheep the depth and breadth of this issue. Leaders lead. Can we trust where they are leading us?
Can God trust us? Holy Week. Judas betrayed Him. Most of His disciples abandoned Him at the cross. People murdered Jesus! I don't get this article because it wasn't what we did, but what He did after we proved He couldn't trust us. Empty tomb. Resurrection. Easter. Seems like He died for those He couldn't trust and rose again!
Can God trust us? Do we know that God DOES trust us? And do we believe that God trusts us, time after time after time?
If God didn’t trust us, would there really be any forgiveness?
This is my personal experience. Trust and forgiveness walk hand in hand. The most wasted statement we make to each other is “You’re going to have to earn my trust!”
Nice analogy, but life isn’t a basketball game. Of course I want to be fully fit and perfectly skilled to serve God in every opportunity I get. Yet, many have been the moments when it’s been apparent that the outcome achieved has been well beyond how well I’ve used my own skills. And many times the outcome has been so different from expected, yet clearly so perfect, that the hand of God is the only explanation. Give God your best: then let God lead.
I firmly believe that pastors as leaders are leading the flock by example. What the pastor DOES and where the pastor GOES, the sheep will follow as they have. Something has to change from the top down. Public confession, truth-telling, repentance have to start from the top and it is urgently needed. It has to get specific. You guys know what I’m talking about. Loving your neighbor starts with walking in truth and purity and integrity and helping the sheep understand exactly where they have been led and why. Perhaps the question of trust is whether the sheep can trust the pastors, the majority of whom are porn users and haven’t told the sheep the depth and breadth of this issue. Leaders lead. Can we trust where they are leading us?
Can God trust us? Holy Week. Judas betrayed Him. Most of His disciples abandoned Him at the cross. People murdered Jesus! I don't get this article because it wasn't what we did, but what He did after we proved He couldn't trust us. Empty tomb. Resurrection. Easter. Seems like He died for those He couldn't trust and rose again!
Can God trust us? Do we know that God DOES trust us? And do we believe that God trusts us, time after time after time?
If God didn’t trust us, would there really be any forgiveness?
This is my personal experience. Trust and forgiveness walk hand in hand. The most wasted statement we make to each other is “You’re going to have to earn my trust!”
Spot on! The question for times like these.
I appreciate the analogy. Makes sense thank you