Lee McDowell Christian
Ministries LMCM
Nacogdoches,
Texas Gal. 2:20 KJV
Michael’s book is
available through:
Abiding Life
Ministries International
Littleton, Colorado
(303) 972-0859 almi@abidinglife.com
IMITATING JESUS
excerpt
from pages 11-12 of SIW (used
with permission from ALMI):
“…I
had never pondered the question, but to my surprise an answer came out: ‘God is calling me to minister to defeated
Christians.’ I knew in that moment this was exactly God’s plan
for my life. I did not spend much
time questioning this except to wonder at the very thought of there being
defeated Christians. I have often
thought that if I had known what such a calling meant, I would have argued with
the Lord and asked for a different job description. For at that moment I did not know that in
order to minister to defeated Christians, I must become defeated myself.
My
fall to the life of defeat that I lived for the next nine years took a
relatively short time. Soon prayer had
become a struggle, Scripture had lost its attraction, unconquerable sins appeared
on all sides, and the emotional awareness of God had disappeared!
I coped with my defeats and failures in
a variety of ways. I read self-help and
how-to books which all promised to give me one-time relief. Those how-to books eloquently described my
condition but sent me away powerless to escape.
The more I read, the more frustrated, angry, and depressed I became. They told me of the great example of Jesus,
how He prayed, fasted, helped others, worshipped, was devout, fed the hungry,
and loved – and then they told me to imitate Him! Didn’t they realize that I wanted
to be like Jesus and I wanted to
please God, but I simply couldn’t?
Didn’t they realize
that if I could imitate Jesus, He would not have had to come?
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
Why would Jesus come just to be an example? What a horrible death for God to experience
for only coming in the flesh JUST to live a life that we might have an EXAMPLE
of how we are supposed to live our life.
Wow…how could man ever think that?
(oh, that’s what LOST people think…oops, and some SAVED). Well, thank God, He has spoken to that…John
15:1-5 and Galatians 2:20 in the KJV.
We could imitate from the writings of Scripture…but,
then His life would have not been necessary.
So, what do you do with all the “do’s” and “don’ts” in Scripture. A hint:
Jesus spoke to that in Matthew, ch. 13…search it out.
And also, if a person could “earn” their way to
Heaven, Jesus died on the Cross for no reason at all. That’s a startling fact to soak on too, isn’t
it?
Well, no one likes defeat. So we will find all sorts of great truths
that “set the captives free” and bring what we all love to sing about: “Oh,
Victory in Jesus!” Come…enjoy the trip
through the land of grace in the coming weeks.
For those of us who knew Michael, we can picture him speaking and
sharing these great truths. May God
really get ahold of you and you sense His presence. And if you get anything from it, let someone
else know how to climb aboard!
Give ‘em Jesus!
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