Strange Tools of a Wonderfully Mysterious Master Craftsman
There was a gathering tonight at the home I'm staying at. A friend shared something cool. This is what God said to him through the genealogy we usually skim over.
Matthew 1.
In the genealogy there are thieves, murderers, adulterers, a prostitute and a whole slew of other people that were messed up, jacked up, and dorked up sinners that God used to bring glory to His name. Not only that but He used them to bring forth THE crowning glory of all time who would conquer sin and death and make The Way for all who would believe: Jesus.
We must obey the Rabbi. "Go and sin no more." But let us not listen to the lies of the enemy that say we are useless to God because of our failures. No, Jesus, who was given all authority in heaven and earth, saw fit to put it in our hands to share the vital news of His sacrifice and to make disciples of Him in all the earth. (Matt. 28.18-20) He could have done anything He wanted. He doesn't NEED us. He has chosen to give us the undeserved honor of being His vessels to a broken and needy world.
"Higher up and further in!"
Matthew 1.
In the genealogy there are thieves, murderers, adulterers, a prostitute and a whole slew of other people that were messed up, jacked up, and dorked up sinners that God used to bring glory to His name. Not only that but He used them to bring forth THE crowning glory of all time who would conquer sin and death and make The Way for all who would believe: Jesus.
We must obey the Rabbi. "Go and sin no more." But let us not listen to the lies of the enemy that say we are useless to God because of our failures. No, Jesus, who was given all authority in heaven and earth, saw fit to put it in our hands to share the vital news of His sacrifice and to make disciples of Him in all the earth. (Matt. 28.18-20) He could have done anything He wanted. He doesn't NEED us. He has chosen to give us the undeserved honor of being His vessels to a broken and needy world.
"Higher up and further in!"
posted by Brett at 11:39 PM
1 Comments:
this post reminded me of a little scrap piece of paper that's been in my bible for ages, on it I have written:
Abraham=old
Jacob=insecure
Gideon=poor
Samson=co-dependent
Rahab=immoral
David=unfaithful/affair with married women
Elijah=suicidal
Jeremiah=suicidal
Jonah=reluctant
John the Baptist=eccentric
Peter=hot tempered, impulsive
Martha=worrier
Thomas=doubter
Timothy=timid
somehow this list has always encouraged me greatly...
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