When I am out of synch (part 9)

 

God’s son was never out of synch, not in the way I think of being that way. While he cried out “My God, My God, why have though forsaken me?” (Mr 15:34) and prayed in the garden that the cup be taken from him. (Mr 14:36; Matt 26:39,42,44), his faith was nevertheless strong. He never, ever lost his focus. He knew into whose arms he was going, he never lost peace, the ultimate peace, of God, that same peace which caused him to be able to sleep in the boat while the storm was raging. (Matt 8:25)  Prayer, constant prayer gave him that peace when he most needed it, and it will give me peace in a country filled with uncertainties and turmoil as this country has become, by our own volition we have created a unique society and at the same time allowing things to creep in that shouldn’t be there.

 

There is in this country diversity. Diversity of sexes, diversity of races, diversity of disabilities, diversity of religion and all this is wonderful. Some of the diversity I have no choice in. That is I have no choice to be born female, white, with back and heart defects and Kippel Fiel syndrome, but I do have the choice to be Christian, and to call myself just a Christian. How many of us are afraid, including myself, not to acknowledge the fact that if one is in a denomination and don’t call themselves just Christian what a danger that is to destroying unity of the body? How many are afraid not to call all those that say they believe in Christ a Christian, even though James says it takes more than that (James 2:19-20)? That does not mean as so many would say that there are certain groups that are the only Christians. What it does mean is that God doesn’t want just part of my worship, part of my heart. He wants the whole thing. Nor does He want me to embellish what His son established because others won’t like it otherwise. He does want me to take Him as He presents Himself in His Word. And if there is any doctrine that doesn’t go in accordance with His word or adds to or subtracts, that is an erroneous and vain doctrine and I must not espouse it.