[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Peter Debelak

you mentioned Christians are often the biggest hinderance to God's creating power... Could it be, like the Pharisees, we too often presume that because we have access to the "ultimate truth" that we presume to know what is "right"? That is, could it be our very faith itself is what hinders a humility that says "I don't know, and therefore have to keep in engaging in the world around me, with an open mind and in prayer about it?"

The fact is that we are living in a broken world. Unbelievers know this just as well as we do, they just don't realize or understand how it got broken, and much less what to do about it. They see the "whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now", but their eyes have been blinded to the cause and effect of all the brokenness we see in ourselves and everything around us.

God has not called us Christians to fix the brokenness. Even when He came to earth as a man, as the Son of God, he did not come to fix the brokenness. (although he did fix some of the brokenness of certain individuals on a case-by-case basis) Jesus Christ, our ultimate mentor and example, came not to be a judge, he came to do the the work of the Father: "If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father." (John 10:37,38) Follow closely his words “though you do not believe Me, believe the works”….this almost seems incredulous. Is this coming from the same guy who said “believe in God, believe also in Me”?

There are a lot of people out there who think that the brokenness can be fixed with a certain program. Sadly, there are even a number of Christian ministers and teachers who fall into this category. When the programs don’t work everybody runs around blaming somebody because the program didn’t work. Well, the program didn’t work because it is being administered by broken people in a broken world. God’s mercy and grace are not given to us to fix the brokenness, only for us to survive this whole mess, and maybe, just maybe find enough courage and fortitude to “proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9)

So are there only “professional” proclaimers? Or does this broken world maybe need some ditch digger proclaimers? What about an accountant proclaimer? Hey…I know, what about an NFL Quarterback proclaimer? (picture me “Tebowing” right now in from of my computer) Seriously though, what about a politician proclaimer? Starting to get the idea? Don’t forget about Joseph, he was a big time politician, and at the very same time quite the proclaimer as well.