Life finds a way
Does it seem that life moves from simple to
complicated? Right now the airways are
filled with news of the HealthCare debacle with website meltdowns and a maze of
regulations and controls. Complicated? Yes, but simple. These shouldn’t be issues of politics but
life! Does in seem that ministry moves
from simple to complicated? Overload on
reports, faltering support, and not enough time. Complicated?
Yes, but simple. Our calling is
rooted in life. Jesus said, “I have come
to give you life more abundantly.” Life
has a way of breaking through the complicated.
In the movie Jurassic Park when John Hammond exclaims that the park has
structures in place to control the dinosaur population, Dr. Ian Malcolm reacts:
“John, the kind of control you're attempting simply is not possible. If there
is one thing that history has taught us it's that life will not be contained.
Life breaks free, it expands to new territories and crashes through barriers,
painfully, maybe even dangerously, but, uh... well, there it is…life finds a
way.” The secret of life is to keep our
focus on the author of Life. Remember
how Paul handled his complications of wrong motives and envious rivalry? “Some preach Christ out of selfish ambition.
But what does it
matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or
true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice. “ (Phil. 1:18) Keep Christ your focus. Keep in simple. Life will find a way to crash through your
barriers.
