My thoughts from a sermon by Dr. Voddie Baucham (look him up
on YouTube)
Why do we accept mediocrity in the church? What I mean is that we accept mediocrity in
our personal relationship with Christ. We
aren’t confident enough in our own personal relationship to help lead someone
else in their walk with Christ. Nowhere
else is this acceptable. I mean, we
claim to have been a Christian, actively involved in a church for 15, 20, 25+
years and we still can’t lead someone in their walk with Christ. Think about it this way. Let’s say a new believer comes to you and
says, “Hey, you’ve been a Christian most of your life, you’ve been a faithful
member of the church for years, can you walk with me as I seek a deeper
relationship with Him?” Our response, “I
ain’t no preacher. I can’t do that. Maybe I can call the Pastor for you, he/she
will be able to help you.” Now flip that
into a secular career. Let’s say you’ve
been a brick mason for 15-20 years. A
new aspiring brick mason comes to you and asks, “Can you show me all you know
about brick laying and lead me as I learn this trade.” What would you say? “I don’t know nothin’ about bricks…” Absolutely not, if you’ve been laying brick
for 15-20 years you are a master brick mason.
It would be unacceptable to claim you know nothing about laying bricks
if you have been doing this for 15-20 years, yet it’s totally accepted in the
church. The world tells us that we are
not good enough, we are not smart enough, we aren’t worthy to lead someone else
in their relationship with Christ. And
here’s the kicker…we listen and believe that we aren’t good enough. Let’s look at who Christ chose to lead others
in The Way! He chose several fishermen,
a tax collector and just plain old regular folks. Jesus didn’t call the equipped, he equipped
the called.
So, are you feeling inadequate? Get into God’s
Word. Are you feeling insecure? Talk to God about that and ask Him to release
you from that fear. On the funny side:
Stuart Smalley from Saturday Night Live always said, “I’m good enough, I’m
smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.”
More than that…God loves you and has called you to make disciples of
Jesus Christ. How will you answer His
call? How will you use the time that God has given you today to encourage
another child of God? May we NEVER
forget that it’s not about us, It’s All About Him!
