In Saving Grace, a series of daily devotionals, C. John (Jack) Miller writes:
“Jesus emptied himself – made himself nothing. He took the form of a servant, and he was made in human likeness – a great step down from being equal with the Father. He took a second step down by humbling himself and becoming obedient to the point of death. Then he took a third step down by dying the death of the criminal and the sinner on the cross. He goes all the way down and down and down to redeem you and me.
God proves that he really loves you by the gift of his Son. He’s telling you this to melt your heart. He wants you to see that you don’t need to be ruled by fear because he controls everything. God’s great work of redemption is at the center of history, which is moving toward a great destination. That destination is the glory of the Father in Jesus Christ in which we’ll all be enjoying one another and enjoying God throughout eternity. If you’re a part of that plan, it can make you so excited that you might even forget to worry for awhile.”
This is one way of talking about the Gospel, our main guiding principle as a World Team community.
This is one way of talking about the Gospel and showing its practical impact on our day to day lives: “If you’re part of that plan, it can make you so excited that you might even forget to worry for awhile.” The Gospel displaces worry when our heart finds its joy and contentment in Christ rather than in all the things we do or accomplish.
“What? Me worry?” you might say. Yet, worry is often part of a cross cultural worker’s daily grind. The Gospel, speaking the Gospel again to oneself and to one another, pushes worry to the side.
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Thoughts Along The Journey 