My way or the highway

As a Bible believing Christian, there is a dangerous attitude I witness.

When we are dealing with something as absolute as the Bible, we can begin to behave as though the authority of scripture actually belongs to us.

The authority we find in scripture belongs to God, not me.

It is quite amazing to watch people take hard stands and make concrete requirements based on their own preferences.

There are six billion people on the planet, crossing hundreds of cultures and spanning thousands of years containing billions of other people.

I doubt that every choice I make is the will of God for all those people.

As I read other Christian blogs and forums, I find numbers of areas where the things I am doing are “wrong”.

I preach using the wrong methods. I counsel using the wrong methods. I pastor our church wrong. My devotional life is done wrong.

I just can’t seem to do it right, according to the professionals.

The beauty is that I prefer doing it my wrong way better than I do their right way.

And it in no way violates scripture.

So when I encounter the ones who insist that it is their way or the highway, I hit the road.

I left high school over twenty-five years ago.

2 thoughts on “My way or the highway

  1. That thought hit me a long time ago, maybe worded differently, but the same basic thought. Somehow, I believe when we Christians hit heaven we will discover that NOBODY had everything right and that many majored on the minors! Have a good day to you and yours!

    1. I believe you are correct, Terri. Heaven will reveal that we all were a bit off on some things. The grace of God is big enough to cover all of our imperfections. If He can forgive all of my known and willful sin, He can forgive my sincere, but misguided intentions. You also prophetically sensed tomorrow’s post, “Majoring on the minors”. Uncanny!

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