Theological Commentary: Click Here
Discipleship Focus: Up
- Up: Up is the word we use for what we worship. If we are following God’s will, God will occupy the Up position. Our life, our identity, our mission, our family on mission is all derived from Up. This is why God needs to be in our Up position.
I’m going to go with a little artistic license today and fudge a
bit with the discipleship conversation.
Three years ago I came across a very profound thought. You can read up on it in the theological
commentary by following the link above. But
essentially I found a helpful analogy comparing the two birds to Christ and us.
In the sacrifices for declaring a leper clean, one bird is
killed. The other bird is dipped in the
blood and then set free into the world.
The same is true with us. Christ
came and died for us. We are dipped in
His blood and set free into the world.
The highly infectious nature of our sin is put behind us.
If that isn’t a reason to have an Up moment, I’m not sure what
is. God declares us clean when we don’t
deserve it. God sent us His Son when we
didn’t deserve it. God allows us to go
free into the world when we have every reason to fall under His condemnation. We are free from the spiritual leprosy that
naturally inhibits our hearts. What a
mighty God we serve!
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