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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Mood Swings and the Gospel



"Your mood swings prove that you are relying on yourself, not the Gospel."

Pastor Mike mentioned this in his message today...describes me exactly. I go through mood swings constantly depending on whether or not I feel like I'm spending time with Jesus. When I'm not, I feel like such a sorry excuse of a Christian and then I don't want to pray at all.

It's hard for me to wrap my mind around Mike's two-word summary of the gospel: Christ, crucified. I don't know what that means, I don't know what that translates to in my everyday walk. It comes from Paul's verse: " I decided to know nothing except Christ and him crucified."

What does that mean? What does it mean in those days when I don't act like I want to know Christ, those days when I don't pray, or don't live like a beacon of light? 

I don't know. I simply don't know. Can you please illuminate me Lord?

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