Jesus Story and My Story

There have been times when I’ve experienced sincere brokenness. It’s painful. It’s hard. It doesn’t seem like a season that will ever end. As I’ve worked my way through them and come out the other side I’m grateful. I’m grateful not for the season to have ended but for the transformation that has taken place. 

Hebrews 12:1-3 says this,

Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls! (The Message by Eugene Peterson)

“…go over that story again…” YES! Again and again and again. That story, Jesus story. We must go there and never stop going back there. Jesus story reminds us that God is sovereign and good. We can trust him and he will bring us through.

I had a friend who would say, “Bro, you so need to go gospel yourself.” He was saying that I needed to go back to the story of Jesus and read it again. I needed to hear about the Cross, shame, and never losing sight of where I’m headed.

This song from U2 speaks to me as I think about going back to the Jesus story…

 

 

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