| Want to
Follow by Pat Nordman
| "Anyone who lets himself
be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God" Luke 9:62 TLB |
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We
have such good intentions of staying on the straight and narrow path
with our Lord. Peter did: "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to
death." Poor Peter not only failed that great proclamation but he actually disowned
his best Friend. Then "He went outside and wept bitterly" Luke 22:33-62.
We want to follow Jesus and His principles and practices, but it's too
easy to forget our priorities. There are so many distractions and demands today. If we do
not do God's work that He has planned for us, then our other work becomes difficult,
uncertain, and mediocre, a poor gift to One who wants us to do our best. What we look back
on are our failures; what we can look forward to is God's forgiveness of those failures.
Even spiritual persons can waste much time and emotional energy on feeling that they have
committed the unpardonable sin when, in effect, they have been human.
The Lord looks upon us with tenderness. He understands our weaknesses
for "he remembers that we are dust" (Psalm 103:14). And to think that He prays
for us! We can go on with our work for Him and not look back at yesterday's or last year's
or a lifetime's sins or mistakes. All we need do is continue to look on Jesus as He looks
on us.
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