Nothing Else to Live By

Posted by chuck maxwell on August 28th, 2010 filed in Chuck's blog

When life crashes, you are laid off from work, spouses spat, rebellious children harbor grudges-it is hard to live by faith. But there is nothing else to live by. All the wisdom of the ages cannot fix the problems we struggle with. No matter how many times someone might watch Oprah, talk to someone like Dr. Phil, or sit a child on the “naughty stool” as Supernanny demands, there will never be permanent change. But, when we decide, as the old preachers say, “You can’t kill a dead man,” then our perspective on everything changes. Once we accept our own death in the redeeming love of God, no matter what the world does or anyone throws at me, I live because of Christ.
Ed Stetzer/Philip Nation, Compelled By Love, p.41.