"Oh lord, I'm ready now
All the walls are down
Time is running out
And I wanna make this count
I ran away from you
And did what I wanted to
But I don't wanna let you down"
(These are lyrics from "Lord I'm Ready Now" by Plumb.)
You know what really sticks out to me? The lyrics "I ran away from you and did what I wanted to". In my opinion, there's so much truth to that one statement. How many of us decide that what we want to do or what we feel like doing is completely fine? Even though, in the back of our minds, we know that the Bible is totally against it. Trust me, I'm a victim of running far away from Christ and not listening to what Jesus has to say.
I think trying to be that "Perfect Christian" is really hard. Really, who is? You can't be perfect all the time, or any of the time for that matter. Then again, don't use that as an excuse to purposely make terrible choices. Your mentality shouldn't be "I'm not perfect, so why even bother trying?" Well, I'll tell you something. We weren't created to be perfect (obviously), but we were created to honor our Creator, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Let's talk about Honor. What does it mean to honor someone? Well, if you click Here , You can get the dictionary definition of what the word actually is presented as. Buttttttt what do you think it means? We were created to HONOR someone and I feel like the word could be used to describe a king. Then again, the Creator is our King above all Kings as well. How do you treat a king? Do you ignore all the proclaims that he makes? Do you pretend he's not real? Do you pretend he's not the one who makes the laws? (Are these sounding like crazy suggestions yet?)
The answer is NO! You treat a king with respect, you can't ignore him, you know he's real, and you follow the laws that he makes. (We in the U.S don't have a king obviously, so use your imagination). Anyways, why do we treat Jesus any differently than we would a king? Why SHOULD we treat Jesus differently? Well, we actually should in some aspects, whoops. Sorry to confuse you. A king is just a human, fully flawed. Our God? He's not. He's the perfect one, creating a bunch of screw ups like you and me. If being called a "screw up" is offending, whoops.
We run away from Him daily, it's true. Never doubt that he's run away from you- because trust me, he hasn't. He's got your back even when you can't seem to even fathom that he's got yours. Faith isn't an obligation, and you're also not obligated to be a perfect little robot.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." (John 10:11)
"Yet you are near, Lord, and all your commands are true." (Pslam 119:151)
"And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."
(2 Corinthians 3:18)
"Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you." (Jeremiah 32:17)
Have a good day (:
