Day Eleven

It is now day 11 of the 30 day ‘stay at home’ order.  The company I work for continues to embarrass itself, and embarrass me for working there.  Maybe they aren’t embarrassed, but they should be.

I am no Patrick Henry, or Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., or JFK.  All these men once gave great speeches in regard to our freedoms, or helping our fellow Americans.  I am not that kind of gifted orator.  I have no wise patriotic advice that people will be quoting 100 years from now.  And people certainly will not be quoting wise theological advice from me.  I am no Billy Graham or C.S. Lewis either.  I am more like the apostle Paul, though I am forgiven, I fail the Lord often, and too often do the things I know I shouldn’t.

There is an old hymn I remember growing up by Wendell P. Loveless and Will Houghton called Lead Me To Some Soul Today.  The lyrics begin, Lead me to some soul today, oh teach me Lord just what to say.  Like many hymns growing up, and some of the modern contemporary Christian music I hear.  I may hear the song a million times, but not listen until years later.  This song could be a prime example.  I may not have the wisdom of some of our gifted theologians living today, or centuries ago.  But if I trust God to lead me to someone who needs to hear the message of Christ, I can be assured God will speak through me like He has for many others.

Trust….Something God wants us to have, and isn’t always easy for us to do.  God also wants us to have faith.  Faith is what we have in Christ alone to save us from hell.  Trust is what we have in God that He will see us through.  Maybe not the way we expect, or even wish, but He will be with us.

With these current stressful and uncertain times, we must have faith, knowing Christ will save us if we ask Him, and we must trust God to protect us.  Even in the best of times, without both, life has no meaning.

¹⁵ For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. ¹⁶ Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. ¹⁷ So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. ¹⁸ For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. ¹⁹ For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. ²⁰ Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

Romans 7:15-20 ESV