I think that Christians everywhere don't really fully understand the concept of The Gospel. Yes, the Gospel is the account of Jesus' ministry and Yes, the Gospel can be used to share the love of God to others, but how often do we preach the Gospel to ourselves. How often do we live out the Gospel in our daily lives?
The dictionary definition of the word "gospel" is, "The proclamation of the redemption preached by Jesus and the Apostles, which is the central content of Christian revelation." Yes we are to proclaim it to others....to the whole world even, but we also need to remind ourselves as Christians, every day of the redemption that Jesus provided on the cross for us. If we don't constantly fill our lives with the Gospel, then I honestly believe that we will lose our "flavor" as the salt of the earth. We will not be fully satisfied spiritually or in any sense if we do not preach the Gospel to ourselves every day.
Matthew 9:13 says, "But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." That is us! No matter how hard we try, we all will constantly fail at life. But the best part of having God dwell in our lives is that He wipes away our failure. He forgets it, because He sees Jesus when He looks at us. Because of Christ's sacrifice on the cross we have been covered completely by His grace so that we can have a relationship with God.
I can speak for myself when I say that I fail at living out the Gospel every day. I keep falling into stupid mindsets of how God couldn't possibly forgive what I've done and other mindsets that are of that nature. I constantly forget how big my God is. He is big enough to handle the hard questions. He is big enough to handle me being angry at Him. He is big enough to heal the broken situations that I am currently facing. He is leading me somewhere and all I have to do is let go, trust Him, and follow. I don't know why that is so hard for my finite mind to grasp, but it is and I do covet your prayers. Just pray that God gives me the courage to follow Him, let go of everything, trust Him, apply His Gospel to my life every day, and to simply love others just as He shows His love for me.
Here are some lines from songs that have challenged me a lot lately:
"Nothing is impossible for You, Nothing is impossible. Nothing is impossible for You. You hold my world in Your hands." - Healer
"In the chaos, in confusion I know You're Sovereign still. In the moment of my weakness You give me grace to do Your will. When You call I won't delay. This my song through all my days. There is no one else for me. None but Jesus. Crucified to set me free. Now I live to bring Him praise..........All my delight is in You Lord. All of my hope, all of my strength. All my delight is in You Lord forevermore..." - None But Jesus
"Everything I once held dear, I count it all as loss." - Lead Me To The Cross
"All to you, I Surrender…Everything, Every part of me. All to you, I Surrender…All of my dreams, All of me." - I Surrender
"And I surrender all to You, all to You. And I surrender all to You, all to You.." - Surrender
"You are all I want. You are all I need. Everything my heart could hope for. We are longing for the glory of the Lord, 'Cause we know there's so much more." - I Have Found
"I need You Jesus to come to my rescue. Where else can I go? There's no other name by which I am saved. Capture me with grace. I will follow You." - Rescue
"Is He not strong enough? Is He not pure enough? To break me, pour me out and start again? Is He not brave enough? To take one chance with me. Please can I have one chance to start again." - Strong Enough
"I’m letting go of the life I planned for me and my dreams. Losing control of my destiny. Feels like I’m falling and that’s what it’s like to believe So I’m letting go" - I'm Letting Go
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