https://odb.org/MY/2022/12/29/just-as-i-am-3
I think one of the things we must always remember when dealing with Jesus is that He takes us as we are. Not only at the point of our conversion and for salvation but even as we progress in the faith. He takes us as we are even as we mature in Him. That means not only our unique personality and talents but also our idiosyncrasies and weaknesses. It’s also our own peculiar journey of faith in Him. Our personal struggles and challenges, the life issues we face, our jobs, our families, communities, and the environment we are living in or brought up.
He takes us as we are, the whole package of who we are. We can see it in the life of the disciples. They were mostly fishermen with one tax collector. They were not educated people of the Temple, schooled in the traditions of the Mosaic faith and law. Just ordinary average people who were called by Jesus and responded with hearts full of faith, leaving everything behind and followed the Lord in His ministry for more than 3 years and after the Lord’s death and resurrection, carried on the torch of faith until their dying days.
But see what they became, especially after the Day of Pentecost. Look at the transformation of Peter, James, and John – speaking to the crowds, preaching Christ crucified, and resurrected. John wrote the Gospel of John and Revelation. In John 1:1, when he wrote about the logos of the Word in describing Jesus as God, he was countering Greek thought then on what logos was, the force in the universe that created even Zeus. But John went one step further and confounded Greek thought then by declaring that logos was Christ and He was with God and is God and is thus the creator of everything from the beginning.
Accept ourselves as we are in Christ, our journey of faith with all our diversions and side tracks, our weaknesses, our challenges, and struggles. Christ accepts us as we are. Commit our whole life before unto Christ and let Him guide and help us along. Give our life and our future to Christ. He will not only make the most but the best out of what we offer. We are all unworthy, but Christ can and will make us worthy, worthy of His service. Not just salvation for our life hereafter but everlasting life here on earth, as we pray for and endeavour to work for His will to be done here on earth as it is in heaven! A life in Christ is a life living in the power of His glory and grace even if we may encounter sufferings, trials, and tribulations.
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