Probably the most impacting speaker at the Catalyst Conference this year in Dallas was Matt Chandler. He spoke words into my life that I needed to hear as Melissa and I have been trying for 8 months now to sell our house in South Carolina. We have lowered the price and done plenty of other things to make the house move, yet God hasn't seen fit to sell the home. As the months pressed forward, bitterness and anger began to build up. That is until I was reminded of the truth of God's Word that Matt shared that night at Catalyst:
Problem: We are not obsessed with God like those in previous generations. We struggle for strength and to have faith. We struggle to be in union with Christ.
Some of the reasons we struggle include:
1) Failure to believe in justification by grace -> Faith Alone!
FAR TO MANY PEOPLE WANT APPROVAL.
1 Cor. 15:1 - Paul is passionately possessed with the importance of the Gospel.
***Ministry is a STUPID trade off for a real relationship with Jesus Christ***
2) Aversion to suffering and Struggle
--All of us want to be Joshua and not Moses. Sometimes the greatest mercy of God can have on you is to wound you. Suffering might not be a struggle to be solved, but a gift from God.
--When we blame God, we make him the sinner and us the victim. We can "victim status" with God.
3) Failure to understand the doctrine of adoption
-in adoption you are CHOSEN
-Judicial picture of forgiveness we always get, adoption is the struggle
"To be right with God the judge is a great thing, to be adopted into His family is a greater thing" J.I. Packer - Knowing God.
God is not frustrated waiting for us to grow up!! GOD DELIGHTS IN ME!
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