The Plumbline

In this way we are like the various parts of a human body. Each part gets its meaning from the body as a whole, not the other way around. The body we’re talking about is Christ’s body of chosen people. Each of us finds our meaning and function as a part of his body. (Romans 12:4-5 MSG) A chosen people with a chosen purpose. There is much to be unpacked behind that statement but let me tell you there are a lot of people within some church congregations working against their 'chosen purpose' than there are working with it. It is as though they know God has a purpose for them, but they are doing everything they can to never fulfill that purpose. Whenever we forsake our 'calling' (PURPOSE), we are leaving the Body of Christ with a gap that was meant to be filled by us. That gap can be quite wide when there are a whole bunch of people not willing to fulfill their purpose! We each have a function and meaning - no one is exempt from having a function, but not all will 'fu...

The people who love your instruction enjoy peace—and lots of it. There’s no stumbling for them! (Psalm 119:165 CEB) C.S. Lewis wrote: "God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing." When the peace of God invades our hearts, there is a sense of security that comes from being 'settled' inwardly even when things outwardly may still be in chaos. God's Word can bring peace into our minds and settle our troubled souls, but too often we don't even turn to his Word when we begin to see our peace being actively disturbed. We somehow forget how 'settling' his instructions can be. If we stumble around long enough, trying to do things on our own in order to 'restore peace within', we will eventually find that all that 'stumbling around' was totally unnecessary for peace was right there in his Word. God's Word is living and vital - it is meant to bring life, light, and transformati...