By Robert
We can often have a tendency to define ourselves but what we view is “right.” For example, there is the person passionately promoting their teaching, training, or book. “This is it, this is what God is doing in this hour, if you buy this it will change your life.”
In Matthew 22 the Sadducees were passionate about what they thought was “right” pertaining to the resurrection. “Moses said,” was their opening statement. This might be defined as the “My dad is bigger than your dad, nya, nya, nya, nya, nya, nya” approach.
In Matthew 22:34-36 the Pharisees take a shot at exalting their “rightness.” A smooth talking lawyer asks, “What’s the greatest commandment? There are so many good things one can do, honor parents, keep the Sabbath holy, don’t touch lepers, or have no other gods.”
This is similar to the people today promoting their books on prayer, or warfare, missions, or walking in the kingdom, to the point you are not “right” if you are not involved in it.
Why is it so important to be right? The lawyer basically said, “What commandment can I keep, what can I do that will make me right, acceptable in God’s sight?”
In my home growing up, not “being right” could get you hurt. My dad would give me some type of job to do and if I didn’t do it “right,” I got jumped on. If I didn’t know to be quiet at the right time, it could get me yelled at or slapped.
Jesus answers these questions in verses 37-40, “Guys, it is not about who knows the most or who is most doctrinally correct or who can do the “right” thing the best. Guys, it is about love.”
On love hangs all the law and the prophets. Galatians 5:14 sums it up, “All law is fulfilled in one word—love.”
Dear Robert
God Bless you !!
Thank you So much for this!!
Do this, buy that, jump here, jump there, then even that is not enough because it’s not ‘right’, not ‘good enough’; it’s not enough to say yes i’m willing to jump, but about can you jump ‘high enough’, ‘please enough’ etc etc etc!!
Am just learning now to slow down, take a deep breathe and say no, that’s enough!
Jesus says Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened!
Praise God that He’s Not like the many people who would reject and worse for our inability to ‘measure up’!
Lynn
Hi Robert,
Thanks for sharing another great post. You are right on target about LOVE being our chief aim.
I look forward to receiving these each Monday and usually post them at http://coaching777.com to bless my followers and drive more traffic to you and your blog.
You have an awesome anointing to share God’s unconditional love. I really appreciate how you and Cyndi work together.
Blessings,
Joseph
I really enjoyed your post. I loved that you told us about your personal life because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could relate to your story. Would you like to contribute it to our resource library at calledtoyouthministry.com?
This is encouraging. My life with Jesus defies all (pretty much all!) “christian” boundaries. God laughs about that and now I do too. Before, I thought I had to conform to something “christian”. Now I see that God is outrageous in His splendorfulwhackoroony differences and we need to get with Him and stop pigeon-holing ourselves and others!
There are no boundaries in the Kingdom….only God to find.