Ever wonder what might happen if you didn’t wait for someone with authority to tell you it’s okay?
Seems like a lot of folks say, “I’d like to do something like that, but _____ won’t approve it.” Fill in the blank with my church, my boss, my family, whatever.
It’s a convenient excuse for failure, if you accept it. Or you can go ahead and do it, if you really believe it’s what God’s called you to do. You’ll likely stir things up a bit, cause some commotion, make the bureaucrats uncomfortable.
If you’ve thought it through, folks usually won’t stop you. In fact, I think there are a bunch of folks waiting to follow the guy who’s crazy enough to make a move.
I think following Jesus is sort of like that. We’ve turned it into this make-believe, predictable, buttoned-up, neatly organized suburban neighborhood where everybody’s supposed to color inside the lines.
Except the One we claim to follow pretty much broke all the rules. He didn’t see much need to ask permission from the religious leaders before doing His Father’s work.
Jesus made a bit of a mess in the neat world the religious rulers created for themselves.
What do you think things would look like if we followed His example?
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I think that a lot more good would be done for people who need some good. Love would be more prevalent, more miracles would have the opportunity to occur, and the courage to actually do something would become contagious. Great view Rich.