If we are fully surrendered and devoted to Jesus, we should have no other plans. We should not be worrying about if something goes wrong. If our faith is an an unmoving, unchanging, forever powerful God, "plan B's" have got to be an enemy. And what exactly does a "Plan B" do for you? Some may say it's a backup plan in case I don't have money for groceries. How dare we depend on God? Chris Haw and Shane Claiborne put it this way (parentheses added by myself):
"Who needs a Creator when we can sculpt mountains? (Mt. Rushmore)
Who needs a Great Physician when we can heal ourselves?
Who needs Providence for food, when we can clone animals for food?
Who needs a Savior when we have a four hundred billion dollar defense shield? (of which half of taxes go to. violence.militarism.all for peace though, right? b.s.)
Who needs a deliverer, when the Empire has become a democracy?
Who needs a God when we are worthy of worship ourselves?"
Others may say its "wisdom" to have a backup plan or "Plan B". Somehow it seems more spiritually wise to give it all up. die to yourself. and bank on Jesus being the way, truth and the life. forget the back up plan and list of old ways you'd return back to if this whole thing didn't work out.
I heard Judah Smith preaching on something like this once and he said that some of us "Christians" know EXACTLY what we would do if we found out this whole Jesus thing wasn't real. or it didn't work out. And that is a MAJOR problem.
In John when Jesus is teaching about eating his flesh and blood, which sounds rather cannibalistic, (and no so fitting into our cookie cutter seeker-sensitive Church culture, or the culture anywhere for that matter.), many disciples walk away, leaving the twelve. He asks "will you leave also?" Simon Peter answers, "To whom shall we go." Thats the spirit we need to have. To whom shall we go? We have nothing else. You are our rock. You are our solidity. You hold us together. You make us more than dirt or dust. You hold our value. You give us our security.
When eliminate our "Plan B's" and realize that this is ALL we have, we show God that we really trust in Him. and in that, we become used for His glory. When we burn our other options to the ground, we fight much harder. We run this race determined.
A faith that only goes deep enough to limit us from doing certain "immoral" things, is just a moral, with no backbone. A faith that has other options were it to be incorrect, isn't a faith at all. An authentic faith is one that says 'To whom else (or where else) shall we go.'
Chadwick.
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Chad you are wise beyond your years young man. We Christians and proclaming Christians seem to ride the fence in our walk with Christ. There are very few that are sold out for Christ and forget about picking up their Cross and follow him. Peter spent 3 years with Christ and knew who he was. When Jesus accended into heaven he said imagine what thoughs who have never seen me can do through the Holy Spirit that believe in me..
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