Not Hard Work, But Being Heard, Fulfills Me
I am extremely fortunate to have someone who hears me and understands me. That’s intensely fulfilling. I’m so grateful to have a wife who does that. However, I’m talking about someone much greater than any mere human being. I’m talking about the God-man, the living and reigning Jesus Christ. He’s ready to hear you, too! Start talking to Jesus.
Learn to walk day and night with the light of God’s glory cloud and the glowing of the Holy Spirit’s fire always in front of you and inside of you. Hear and be responsive to the voice of God’s Spirit in your heart, in the Bible, in your circumstances, and in and through other people.
Refuse to be a spiritual spectator. Frequently gather with a group of Christ-followers who openly, humbly, and courageously share their heart with one another. Continually train and be a daily playmaker on team Jesus. Freely talk, post, and testify about what Jesus has done and is doing in your life.
Christianity is supposed to be about openhearted communication with Christ and with people. It involves “walking in the light”–being honest about what’s happening in your heart and tenderly listening to other people share what’s going on in theirs. If Christians will begin to gather to humbly walk in the light with one another, they’ll begin to experience the healing presence and glory of the risen Jesus.
To love people, we need to listen to them with an open heart and with compassion. Christians can learn to do that by gathering in the presence of Jesus and humbly opening up to God and to one another. That’s the meaning of 1 Corinthians 14:26 and James 5:16.
Too many Christians are looking to a mere human being for spiritual leadership. Mere humans, intentionally or unintentionally, will let you down. It’s much better to continually listen to, obey, and rely on the living resurrected Jesus Christ.
The risen Jesus can communicate directly to every person who is a member of His body, He doesn’t need to work through a hierarchical chain of command. He talks directly to you! Listen to and obey Him.
It takes true love and courage to point out ways that the body of Christ can be more open and more obedient to the Headship of the risen Jesus and to the direct leading of the Holy Spirit. Here goes:
Christians need to gather
With people who will
Listen to them,
Not just make them
Religious spectators.
Dare to care
And let people share
What’s really going on
In their heart.
Look beyond how they appear
On Sunday morning
And begin to hear
How they really are.
Christians are
Called to shine
Not to whine,
To love people
Not to make them
Walk the line.
“Love is kind.”
It’s time we find
Ways to love
And be kind
To enemies.
That’s the sign
Of the real deal.
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