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Broken

Jesus tells us that He did not come for the healthy, but for the sick. His mission was not to help those who thought they were good enough already, but to help those who knew they were not good enough. We as Christians often try to convert any and all who will listen, but is this the way that we are supposed to work? Is that what Jesus did? Does He expect us to recruit Christians by offering them incentives like the blessings of an easy life, unlimited finances, or perfect ease? Where to we get the idea that we are supposed to win people over? Is it even our business to show them the perks of Christianity?

It seems that in our modern time, we want only the perks for ourselves. Ironically, this is the anti-thesis of Christianity. We are told to follow Christ we are to deny ourselves, to crucify our own desires and flesh, and to constantly practice self sacrificing love.

Is that what we see in Christianity today? If not, is it because we aren't really spreading the Gospel, but instead just telling them that Jesus is God's Son? Even the devil knows that Jesus is the Son of God. That knowledge is not enough to save us; it just isn't. Yet that seems to be all that we hear taught by many people these days. Sadly, some Churches don't even preach Jesus, just self-motivational rhetoric.

So what do we need to do? We need to remember that to come to God requires us to be broken before Him. We have to realize His Holiness, His absolute Perfection and Righteousness and our total lack of anything that comes close. We need to see that its not that we go to God to be 'safe' or 'good enough'. Instead, we need to see that we go to God because the is the only good that really exists. God is our Savior because we need Him to cleanse us, not because we need an escape plan from Hell. We were created for Him, not He for us.

Yet, we need to remember that God loves us. We are not worth it, but still He does. As humans, love is almost always selfish. We want to get something out of loving someone. In this area however, God shows His true goodness in a way all of us can not even really begin to understand. He loves us even though He needs nothing from us; there is not one thing that we can do to help God. He is self-sustaining and absolutely complete. Yet, He loves you. More than you can imagine. This is the most wonderful form of love you or I could possibly contrive or hope for.

So what do we need? We need to realize that God is in fact God. That He is complete in Himself, needing nothing from us. We need to see how foolish we are, how utterly helpless and selfish and greedy we are, how full of ourselves we have become and how abhorrent and vile this truly is. Yet He still loves us so much He would die for us, to reconcile us with Him. In this amazing situation, we need to realize that we have a need for Him, but He does not need us. He still chose to offer us a solution, and that is this; to be filled with Him, to let Him be in us what we cannot be ourselves. For that to work we must surrender fully, not just say a prayer, not just attend a church on Sunday, not just read the Bible and go to Bible study when convenient. We are to give our very lives to Him, and He expects nothing less.

What do we get in return? Him. We get the very God of the universe as our Father. That, my friend, is awesome indeed.

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