Is Christ sufficient?
Some thoughts about Kelly's message today from Acts 14: The sufficiency of Christ puts the rest of life -- the mountaintops and the valleys -- in perspective. Is the gospel enough good news? Is it sufficient? If no, then we are at the mercy of life's sufferings and victories, tossed low, then high and sometimes stuck in the middle. Is the work that Jesus did on the cross sufficient? Is His grace enough? If yes, we can avoid arrogance and idolatry when life is great and, conversely, weather life's storms with joy and peace.
Kelly reminded us that when we're on the mountaintop, the world adores us, thinks we're someone special. There is a lot of pressure in this world to be someone special. It's tempting to bask in our accomplishments and chalk it up to hard work and talent. But when we find our contentment in Christ, when He alone is sufficient for our fulfillment, our identity, then we are less prone to adore ourselves and our abilities. Instead we look to Him beyond the mountaintop, and the work of the cross looms so large over that mountaintop that we can only fall down in praise of the One from whom all blessings flow. In and of ourselves, we are not special. In Him, we are extraordinary. Apart from God's overflowing grace, we can do nothing. In Him, we can accomplish the extraordinary.
Kelly reminded us that when we're on the mountaintop, the world adores us, thinks we're someone special. There is a lot of pressure in this world to be someone special. It's tempting to bask in our accomplishments and chalk it up to hard work and talent. But when we find our contentment in Christ, when He alone is sufficient for our fulfillment, our identity, then we are less prone to adore ourselves and our abilities. Instead we look to Him beyond the mountaintop, and the work of the cross looms so large over that mountaintop that we can only fall down in praise of the One from whom all blessings flow. In and of ourselves, we are not special. In Him, we are extraordinary. Apart from God's overflowing grace, we can do nothing. In Him, we can accomplish the extraordinary.
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