A
thought by Steven Furtick, (2016-03-01) from his book, (UN)Qualified: How God Uses Broken People to Do Big Things (p.
113). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book
to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)
But
it is so much easier to say you should, isn’t it? That makes us feel so much better. I know that is easier for me too. I am so ready with the instruction not the
confession.
But
Steven says, “There is something about weakness that opens hearts. It disarms
the defensive. It softens the suspicious. It endears the indifferent. It shows
people that we aren’t to be feared or revered. We are ‘one of them,’ and as
such, we are welcome to speak into their lives.”
He
goes on, “Case in point: Jesus. He made his grand entrance into the human race
as a baby. That says a lot right there. Human infants are about the most
helpless creatures on the planet. On top of that his mom was an unwed teenager.
His dad was a working-class dude. They were from Nazareth, a backwater town
that was known for being the butt of jokes. Jesus’s upbringing could not have
been further from what royalty— much less divinity— would have expected. Then,
after thirty years of unrecorded humanity, he started his ministry, which
lasted only three and a half years. If you do the math, more than 85 percent of
his life was spent in obscurity.”
Hebrews
4: 15– 16 says, “We do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with
our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we
are— yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with
confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time
of need.”
Steven
says, “In other words, while Jesus’s righteousness saves us, his humanity is
what draws us near to him. That’s what bridges the gap between God and man. The
person of Jesus is God’s resounding ‘Me too!’”
Don’t
you think he is a good example for us to follow?
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