Why Jesus Must Be More Than the Solution to Our Problems
Jesus is not God’s solutions to all of our problems. Jesus is God’s gift of himself to us.
It was Jesus’ extraordinary success, and the ever-present agenda of the world in light of this success, that moved him to flee into the haven of his Father’s fellowship.
The test of Jesus is always to bring us to the end of ourselves, to the places of impossibility, where we finally come to grips with our limitations.
One sign that we are reading the Old Testament with Jesus is when what happened to those two disciples on the road to Emmaus begins to happen for us: a burning heart.
It’s one thing to become friends with another person. It’s quite another to be brought inside of their friendships with others—into their community.
If we would know and do the will of God, we must release our assumptions, let go of our preferences, and renounce all rights to ourselves.
In the presence of a sign from God, we bow and behold, and ask Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, to reveal his meaning to us.