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I'm Not Christian Enough


 

Nope, I don't even measure up! Often times when we see someone being more "saved" than us. or when we sin and feel ashamed, we often don't "feel saved". I know at times, for me, when I really blow it in traffic, or in my marriage, or in my life, I feel as though I will never live up to a godly standard. I often look at where I wanted to be, and realize that I have fallen short every time. How will I ever be the man of God that I desire in my heart to be?

When I first started working out again, it was easy to become discouraged when the scale leaped up and down like a bucking bronco. It would have been easier to just do cardio, but lifting weights was necessary to becoming healthier as well. However, doing it the rigt way caused me to struggle. What helped is that one trainer stated, "Don't focus on where you want to be, focus on where you were before you started." Where I want to be is on fitness model status, but I had more muscle and less fat than when I first started. I wasn't where I wanted to be, and still am not, but I was closer to it than when I started. 

As a Christian, growing in godly maturity, I just want to hurry up and be like a mini Jesus already. However, just like in driving, it is little adjustments of the wheel that helps you get to your destination. 2 Corinthians 3:18 informs us that we are being changed from "glory to glory into His likeness". How can this be? Well because when we invited Him into our lives, He began doing the work on us to present us to Himself acceptable. This is what can give us hope when we don't feel "Christian enough". In fact in Philipians 4:16, we can be confident that He who began a good work in us will complete it.

I pray that we will trust the process even when we don't "feel" like we making any.

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