I want you to know that I love Air Conditioning!
I already knew that to be true, but as Paige and I have been without A/C for the last four days, it really reminded me of how true that statement is. The outside temp has been up at 96 degrees, and so our house has been a heatbox! To make it through these last few days, we plugged in our emergency one-room A/C and stayed hunkered down in the bedroom. But this exciting new situation kept me from being able to easily write/post, but as my favorite A/C man got my new compressor installed yesterday evening, I am back on track now, so here is a quote to think about for today:
The difference between Uncle Sam and Jesus Christ is that Uncle Sam won’t enlist you in his service unless you are healthy and Jesus won’t enlist you unless you are sick.
–John Piper
Jesus said: “It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Unless we are willing to admit our un-health and our need to have it fixed, we won’t go see a doctor to ask for help.
In the same way, unless we are willing to admit our spiritual un-health and our need to have it fixed, we won’t ask the Great Physician for help. Thus, Jesus won’t enlist us for service unless we are able to admit our sickness and come to Him for healing and rescue. When we admit our inability to rescue ourselves, Jesus then is ready to enlist us in His service.
I hope you are able to tear down the walls of pride and ego that can keep us from admitting weakness and need. I hope that you are able to admit to God your daily need for Him to keep rescuing you from your sinful thoughts, speech, attitudes, and actions. As you do so with humility, God will use you to impact others for His kingdom.