Our dedication to Christ
makes us look like fools.
Worldly principles are totally different from the ways of God. To the world, in order to have something you be a "go-getter". Another famed principle is if someone treats you badly, you have the right get "even". In contrast, Jesus’ principles are starkly different: “To have, you give.” Luke 6:29 teaches, “If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn the other cheek. If someone demands your coat, offer your shirt also.” It reminds me of John Wanamaker's description of a trip to see a Chinese mission he’d been supporting. Wanamaker saw an old man plowing a field with an old plow drawn by a young man. He asked the elder why the young man was pulling the plow and the old man replied that, “The church needed to build a steeple so that people could see the church from a distance. The money was not enough to build the steeple. The son had said, ‘Let us sell one of our oxen to finish the steeple and I will take the yoke of the ox we sell.’” To the world, this would be considered utter foolishness, but Jesus said in Matthew 16:25, “If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life.” Be dedicated to Christ and don’t worry about looking like a fool. His ways are not the ways of man.
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Amen!!
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