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Insecurity and Jesus Christ

Insecurity and anxiety are debilitating emotions. Nothing affects behavior more than feelings of insecurity. When humanity snubbed our creator we fell deep depths of insecurity and vulnerability.

When a person begins to believe in and follow Jesus Christ, very often the most notable and immediate affects He has on us is an inner sense of security and peace. I prize that sense of security as one of the most priceless gifts in my life.

But there are times when as a Christian our security and anxiety levels can be rattled. Furthermore have different weaknesses and even emotional wounds and illnesses to overcome if we are to feel secure and free of anxiety. Tehre is more work to be done and I believe its work of Jesus Christ through others that can help us to rest secure. It is a committment and a pursuit of Jesus Christ that every Chrsitian must take up if they are to experience that secure and stable emotional resting place.

Feelings the sense of being left out, feeling the need to accuse others. Feeling the needs to criticize everything around you that doesn’t meet your expectations. Feeling the sense that life is passing us by and things are left undone can be a result or even a cause of deep inner insecurity.

As in all things it is Jesus Christ himself who gets the job done for us initially and throughout a lifetime. Jesus Christ makes us to rest secure perpetually and ongoing as we face new and different difficulties. He is the one who makes us rest daily under the shadow of his wings. He makes us safe from harm, he heals our diseases, he forgives us our trespasses. But he also sends us friends, he give us jobs, he provides for our needs. He illuminates our darkness and opens the eyes of our understanding.

But if you are feeling a sense of insecurity and regret you should begin to pray, begin to pursue him begin to seek him with great resolve. Pour out your heart to him and watch him do to your emotions what only he can do.

If you are seeking first Jesus Christ nothing feels left undone, only his feelings of things left undone become ours and he lets us get to work on them, which brings us great joy. If we are seeking first Jesus Christ our accusations and criticism’s of others and of the situations we find, just melt away and we simply stop feeling inferior. If we are seeking first Jesus Christ we become settled in our hearts, stable in our behavior, calmly confident of our lives and our situations.

And the the ‘Wonderful Counselor’, and ‘The Comforter’, the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ does an inner work in us that no one else could possibly do.

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When Jesus Seeks Someone

When Jesus is seeking someone it can be very obvious. When he is after a man or woman to reveal himself inwardly, nothing can stand in his way… except perhaps that person. And when that person begins to respond according to how they are being pursued, every homily, every sermon, ever discussion of theology, or philosophy and even every old church tradition can urge her along.

It is only a matter of time and of response. A matter of surrender. Sometimes he’ll whisper to a person in silence for years. Other times He’ll send a person on their path who will seem to be screaming the words of Christ to them. Exactly what they need to hear when they need to hear it. And exploding spiritual light into their spiritual eyes.

It’s one of the most wonderful things to experience and almost as wonderful to watch happen in others.

But …when that is just not happening, as much as we wish it were, and try to make it happen for ourselves or others, no sermon, no amount of church attendance, no amount of paying tithes and offerings, no bible study, no memorized passages, no amount of arguing and persuading matter. No amount of what we think to be good parenting or persuasive debating amounts to anything.

Jesus Christ reveals himself to people in his time and in his way. He personally and actively controls it … up to this very moment. All we can do is pray for ourselves and others to respond in a way that pleases the Lord. Respond in a spiritually violent manner, burn the ships. Be there for people to witness to him at the right time. Help others in a way that causes them to seek Jesus as much as HE is seeking them. So they can live his life.

Is Jesus seeking you? You probably sense it deep within if he is. If so I want to know, please reach out to me if you want help, or just someone to talk to.

CollierAk@me.com.

“It pleased the Father to reveal his Son in me.” – Apostle Paul

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When its NOT ok to Break Fellowship with Fellow Christians

A respected friend of mine recently wrote somewhere that it is a sin to break fellowship with Christians over differences in theology including ecclesiology (paraphrased). He also wrote on his blog that constantly offering unsolicited advise drives people away.

I am compelled to admit I have done both of these. Breaking fellowship over differences in ecclesiology, how I believe the church should gather. And I have offered unsolicited advice, mostly general advice on social media.

Ecclesiology is the theology of the ecclesia, aka the church. To be specific, ecclesiology is the theology concerning the nature of Christian ministry and gatherings of Christians.

Over the past several years I have been excited and at times passionate about rethinking and reforming how Christians gather for church meetings. Hoping to bring meetings closer to what Jesus began among his followers and what we read about in the New Testament.

If I am being perfectly honest, this effort of mine has seemed to have mostly fallen on deaf ears. I’ve not been able to change existing churches that I associate with. I’ve sat down with many men in the ministry, and many saints who feel frustrated about similar problems. They agree at least in principle with what I suggest but leave it at that.

My efforts do seem to have been fruitless. As difficult as that is to admit.

Christians in my day seem only interested in inspiring sermons. And ministry to most means “helping others to hear sermons.”

I can’t fully express how disappointing this has been to me. To see what I see of the Lord’s plan for his kingdom on earth. To see it yet not be able to do anything about it. Even among the Christians in my own family and friends. It’s been one of the most exciting and disappointing revelations from the Lord of my life.

NOT Ok to Break Fellowship Over Theological Differences

What I do know is that it is not ok with the Lord to break fellowship with the Christians in our lives because we disagree on matters like these. Jesus followers are meant to be in fellowship one with another. It is sinful to abandon one another or drive people away, because we have differing church or ministry visions. The verse about “how can two walk together lest they be in agreement?” is taken out of context. It does not mean we have to agree on everything to remain in fellowship.

No two Christians will agree on everything all the time. And if they do, one of them is not thinking for himself, he is likely immature, and not fully following the Lord, And he is likely merely following other inspiring men.

I think it is actually good to not see eye to eye on every matter, that is one of the things that fellowship is for. Iron sharpening iron. Working out of differences as we seek the Lord’s wisdom and will TOGETHER. That is how we are to come to the mind of Christ by working it out together.

When it comes to church gatherings I’ve found the most important thing is to be led of the Holy Spirit. If the Lord leads you to attend a sermon church, then go without hesitation. If the Lord inspires you to stay home and teach your family or friends then do so without guilt. If the Lord inspires you to ask out a friend to lunch to share something then do so faithfully. Make no rules!

Doing always the same thing without asking permission and guidance about where, when and what to gather around. That is error. Being flexible and submissive every single day, every single moment to the leadings of the spirit of Jesus Christ. And to not hold grudges, not give out cold shoulders if we cannot get into agreement on certain matters.

We are not to operate on Sunday autopilot! Forever doing the same thing as if that is earning us some sort of status. Church attendance status is not a thing in the kingdom of God. If it’s a thing with you ….then I’m not sure who you’re following.

Listening to and cooperating with the Spirit of the Lord is what “earns” us something. If he is leading you to do the same thing for decades and it involves sitting idle then I’d question something else.

Anyhow

Jesus can talk through any of his children at any time, men, women, children, stubborn, passive, and those with imperfect or differing theologies. Be willing to meet with them in any way, and at any time and always. Always listen for the voice of the Lord, the Spirit of Jesus Christ for specific leadings and instructions.

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