10
Feb
2008
Raising the Bar
I have come to learn over the years that the more you learn about God, the Harder life can get. Just when you think you’ve reached a peak the fog clears away and you realise your no-where near the place you desire to be, I was thinking today about the response of Jesus to the Rich young ruler…
Luke 18:18-23 (New American Standard Bible)
18 A ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
20 “You know the commandments, ‘DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.’”
21And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”
22When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
23But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.
Obviously the guy had come to Jesus confident that everything in his life was right and there could not possibly be any obstacles in him obtaining eternal life. His Question did not get the response he had wished for, As we get closer to God I feel we need to take our responsibilites in serving and following Him more seriously, I currently find myself trying to learn a deeper fear of God, I already Fear God, but don’t know that I truely, deeply understand what the Fear of God is and should be (this will be my personal study over the next while).
Today I’ve been thinking of How i need to stop looking for the finish line and instead look to Jesus in everything, getting all strength and help from Him, and to stop looking in the mirror and thinking that its reflection is who has accomplished something, as we get closer to God the Bar and expectation will be raised, we need to rely more on God to get through life, As God Raises the Bar, let him raise you.
