“Whoever says, “I know Him,” but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.” 1 John 1:4
“UGHHHHHH” was the sound I tried to quietly make as the Doctor skillfully shoved a very long tube up my nose and into my brain! At least it FELT like it. He said, “I need to get past the old and go for the fresh, gooey stuff.” “Stuff” I figured, was his code word for ‘snot.’ I didn’t have to have a PhD to know that for what’s been hiding up there to come OUT, Doc had to first go IN!
The subject is gross. But after living with an unnamed infection for almost a year, it’s way past time to get specific! A ‘culture’ is supposed to take a snotty sample and grow it up big enough to actually see and know what’s ‘in me.’ Randomly shooting at the target with guesses, various antibiotics and hope have just not gotten what’s in… out! I’ve been ‘snot me’ for far too long!
For the record, lying around feeling awful is neither ideal nor fun. For some fun Katie turned on the National Championship College football game. A ‘Christian’ college was the underdog for whom we were rooting. Katie then said, “I know, I’ll start taking down the Christmas decorations while the game is on.” Whoda thunk that snot, football and Christmas would lead to Jesus thinking!
Feeling, wanting and stuff have a way of affecting how I look at things… AND how I am seen. Not feeling well makes me grumpy. NOBODY likes grumpy. When the team we WANTED to win was getting destroyed, letdown crept in and left its impression, even though we don’t really have any investment in that team! And putting away Christmas stuff isn’t fun or encouraging either.
The simple truth is that what is IN me, eventually finds its way OUT of me. And how I look on the outside matters to God. A Christian is someone who identifies with Jesus Christ, which I do! That means I have ‘consecrated’ my life to Him and have pledged to, like His disciples before me, DO what HE commands. Today’s verse says that NOT DOING what He commands makes me a LIAR!
Jesus Christ has made many serious promises to me. If I exchange lives with Him He promises Joy, Peace, Love, Hope and Abundance! And THAT is just for starters! But to GET all that stuff IN I have to get snotty me OUT! Getting what He says ONLY comes after DOING what He says. So this new year I’m looking AGAIN, to get more JESUS CULTURE. Cuz life is SNOT supposed to be about me!
How snotty are you and are you following His orders?
