“Why Care”

 

“God is strong and can help you not to fail” Jude 24a

 

How many of you can ride a bike? Riding a bike is a lot of fun and great exercise for kids. Most of us learn with training wheels between the ages of three and eight. I hate to admit this but I didn’t learn to ride a bike until my freshman year in College. I had those grown up-fears and nerves that my peers would find out my secret. However, so in the dead of night, learned how to ride a bike. I was undaunted by those failures because I possessed the child like faith that pointed to the training wheels needed that does not question whether God will show up and aid me. You see God’s help is like training wheels. When we think something bad will happen, God will be there to help us. When we get older, we still need God. God always acts like a pair of training wheels. He’s there to hold us up when we think we’re going to fall.

 

“I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice, “Proverbs 8:20

 

The above scripture says, Jesus leads in the way of righteousness--

An eager leader, “Lady Wisdom”, will take you through life. This trailblazer

 never fails. Every follower has had a successful life. How expensive is she? Free! Hear her offer (Pr 1:20-23; 9:1-5) The only cost is to trade in your foolish notions and apply a little effort to find and accept 

If you follow, you will find the way of righteousness – doing what is right in God’s sight. You will learn the paths of judgment – discerning things prudently and responding correctly and fairly.

 

Lately I’ve pressed my inner self to really examine my motivations of thinking of that causes me/us to act in a certain way and ponder out loud,” Why Care”. Discussions of spiritual and faith have always been exciting and stimulating for me but at times I wonder, Is following god a risk? Is going with the crowd, safe? How is your conformity and rewards for rebellion? You see our mixed-up world sometimes can lead, dictate us toward playing it safe, what we view, read or how to fit in. What’s the point of faith based, “Training Wheels”?

 

Obeying god can often feel risky. Do you ever think giving up what this world holds dear appears to be too much and costly? Are you hungry? Not physically hungry, but do you have a hunger for something more in life? At some point we must be willing and bold enough to proclaim the message of salvation through Jesus Christ to the world. Do you ever feel like you are locked out of life? Have you tried so many doors, only to find that what is behind them is empty and meaningless? Are you looking for an entrance into a fulfilling life? If so, Jesus is the way of salvation! Jesus declared, “I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture” John 10:9. 

 

“Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28-29

 

As we begin growing in faith, God often gives us training wheels. We lean into community with other Christians, we study the Bible, and we learn to pray. In time, we learn to hear God’s voice and listen for his direction. As we learn to go to God for everything, we learn to rely on following where he leads. At some point, though, he wants us to take off the training wheels and learn to use what we’ve learned.

Jesus is the way! Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty” John 6:35. 
god offers one way of salvation.

Well, sometimes we forget and do you wonder why we stopped riding? Are you tired of living your life for things that only rot or rust? Do you sometimes doubt whether life has any meaning? Do you want to live after you die? If so, Jesus is the way of salvation! Jesus declared, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die” John 11:25-26.

What is the way? What is the truth? What is the life? Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” John 14:6.

The hunger that you feel is a spiritual hunger, and can only be filled by Jesus. Jesus is the only one who can lift the darkness. Jesus is the door to a satisfying life. Jesus is the friend and shepherd that you have been looking for. Jesus is the life—in this world and the next. Jesus is the way of salvation!

How can this problem be solved? I remember the day a moment God helped me with that kind of faith training wheels, more clearly than I remember learning to ride a bike. I’d just come through a very dark season in my life. One where I’d had to rely on God to illuminate each next step in my path. A season where the path forward was so shrouded in uncertainty I didn’t know where to step, except to pray and listen intently for his response. 

 

That night, before I could even form the question in my prayer, I heard God whisper, “You already know the answer.” With that my mentor/tutor invited me to join him in reading daily scripture. This invitation became a lifelong course; one I knew would require a significant investment of my time. I was torn about signing up and asked him, Why do You Care! His reply was, “I Love You and those who have faith are blessed” Galatians 3:9. Wow, that is when we turned to 2 Corinthians 5:21

 

Why Care? Jesus answered that question Himself: “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends” John 15:13. God will show up for you in your trials and in your triumphs, you are strengthened for the next time you face adversity because you are His and you are precious to Him. So, let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything

 

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” John 3:16. 

 

God Bless You And This Ministry!