Bali, Indonesia 2006: What an interesting picture and pose. Are these two buddies? Is this the calm before the storm? Are they weighing their options? What appears on the outside may be entirely different from what brews within.
Trent Ling’s latest message, “Convenient Convictions,” was preached yesterday. This latest salvo aims to clarify and purify the insides and the undersides of lives in Christ. It provides helpful insights and standards by which disciples of Jesus can deepen themselves and cleanse each other.
“In Christ, integrity remains essential,” Trent explains. “We have to know why we stand where we stand, and we must be aware of our preferences trying to seep through and water down our faith and commitments. I am hopeful that this message provides a spiritual carwash for all, forever.”
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This is an awesome message! I’m with you, you can’t play dumb here! I used to love to give people the benefit of the doubt (it’s okay when it’s true), but when someone said to Trent or to me, “I don’t know what you want or what God wants, I don’t have the knowledge of the bible like you do, etc.” I’d try to give them the benefit of the doubt, I worked up excuses in my head for them. Now I know, that’s just a convenient convictions. I like when you, Trent, explained that our conviction should make us poor and make others rich. God will test the sincerity of your heart, by comparing it with the earnestness of others. Jesus from rich becomes poor for your sake (2 Corinthians 8:8-9).
My hope is that motives can be seen and confessed before they are too late to be seen, and confessed. God has been so merciful, kind, and so gracious. The narrow road is not tough when done as He has instructed. May His light shine brightly in His people so that others may see God . . . in others. I certainly don’t deserve the opportunity to know God, let alone have a relationship with Him. Yet I am still blown away that that is even possible. Praise God!
Love you
Trent, during yesterday’s message I was too preoccupied on how the message was directed to Patricia’s situation and I was totally dismissing what the Lord wanted to tell me.
Half way through the message I said to myself “I have barely sinned in the past 5 months thanks to God’s grace. (I went down my mental checklist) No sexual sin, check. No outburst of anger, check. Almost no deceitfulness, check. If God would prove my heart right now, he would not find a thing!”
But I was totally wrong!!! If I take in account that God not only despises the actual act of sin but also takes in consideration the motives of my heart, I am in big trouble. God’s standards was raised one more bar for me with this message. I am broken to know that the motives of my heart are not all right. I want the Lord to prove my heart and make a serious assessment of my every motive in every area of my life. I will then take decisive action to change what ever he shows me.
I have been thrown at the Rock (Mathew 21:44) at 200 mph.