The Whole Truth
The following article was passed on to me for this Blog. It comes from the Purpose Driven Life devotional sent out regularly.
After I received it I pondered the words for the past few days. It makes a lot of sense in my life.
The reality of what John Fischer is saying with his words comes to its fullness when the first Christmas story unfolded.
God beamed his light into the lives of shepherds that special night and embraced a world that never knew him.
God showed a bright star to the Wise Men many days and months in advance to draw them to a special place.
God drew me to that special place by the light in someone else’s life…. Maybe you know that same experience as well. Now with His help I walk with others into his presence.
As John Fischer puts it so well… “So grab someone and let’s walk into the light together, where the blood of Jesus purifies us from all of our sins.”
May the next few days of hurry settle down in your life. May it be replaced by a new Peace of God surrounding all that you do.
~ Pastor Murray ~
The Whole Truth
by John Fischer
Author Phillip Yancey tells a story of a man in his church that can’t help comparing being late for church to being late for his regular Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. When he’s late for church, he says that he has the distinct feeling from everyone around him that he’s not as responsible or he would get to church on time. When he’s late for an A.A. meeting, however, the meeting stops, everyone jumps up to hug him because they realize he almost didn’t make it, and they are so glad his need for them won out over his need for alcohol.
What’s the difference? The whole truth. The people who got to church on time may have gotten that one thing right, but they have a bunch of other things wrong with them, making them just as needy as the alcoholic. Fellowship isn’t going to mean anything if we don’t tell the whole truth about ourselves. Real fellowship means stepping into the light of God’s truth where everything is revealed, and when we bring ourselves to the light, we discover we are not alone. There’s a roomful of other believers all struggling with something too, and that sense of shared need is part of the bond that holds us together.
Yes, we’re people following Christ, but we’re all a bunch of forgiven sinners, too, who wouldn’t have a chance at life were it not for what Christ has done for us. So grab someone and let’s walk into the light together, where the blood of Jesus purifies us from all of our sins. Isn’t that the group you want to be in?
“But if we walk in the light as he [God] is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” (1 John 1:7 NIV)
After I received it I pondered the words for the past few days. It makes a lot of sense in my life.
The reality of what John Fischer is saying with his words comes to its fullness when the first Christmas story unfolded.
God beamed his light into the lives of shepherds that special night and embraced a world that never knew him.
God showed a bright star to the Wise Men many days and months in advance to draw them to a special place.
God drew me to that special place by the light in someone else’s life…. Maybe you know that same experience as well. Now with His help I walk with others into his presence.
As John Fischer puts it so well… “So grab someone and let’s walk into the light together, where the blood of Jesus purifies us from all of our sins.”
May the next few days of hurry settle down in your life. May it be replaced by a new Peace of God surrounding all that you do.
~ Pastor Murray ~
The Whole Truth
by John Fischer
Author Phillip Yancey tells a story of a man in his church that can’t help comparing being late for church to being late for his regular Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. When he’s late for church, he says that he has the distinct feeling from everyone around him that he’s not as responsible or he would get to church on time. When he’s late for an A.A. meeting, however, the meeting stops, everyone jumps up to hug him because they realize he almost didn’t make it, and they are so glad his need for them won out over his need for alcohol.
What’s the difference? The whole truth. The people who got to church on time may have gotten that one thing right, but they have a bunch of other things wrong with them, making them just as needy as the alcoholic. Fellowship isn’t going to mean anything if we don’t tell the whole truth about ourselves. Real fellowship means stepping into the light of God’s truth where everything is revealed, and when we bring ourselves to the light, we discover we are not alone. There’s a roomful of other believers all struggling with something too, and that sense of shared need is part of the bond that holds us together.
Yes, we’re people following Christ, but we’re all a bunch of forgiven sinners, too, who wouldn’t have a chance at life were it not for what Christ has done for us. So grab someone and let’s walk into the light together, where the blood of Jesus purifies us from all of our sins. Isn’t that the group you want to be in?
“But if we walk in the light as he [God] is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” (1 John 1:7 NIV)
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Saturday, December 23, 2006
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