Passage: John 12
Notes: Worshipping Jesus is not the time to be scrappy, but an opportunity to go all
out. While we are called to be stewards, offerings to God, and love for another
(even another human?) can be extravagant (God won't run out of resources because
we loved too much).
My life is to be an offering to God, to the point that I
'lose out' on life, or even give my life altogether. However, I must be careful
to notice where God is working and join in His work. Sensitivity to the Holy
Spirit is needed more than strategic planning. Note also, though, that in this
same chapter Jesus condoned expressing extravagant love. Losing my life for Him
must then not equal a rejection of my family, and failure to care for them, or
perpetual unwillingness to spend any resources on them. Our God is not a pauper
who will starve but for our resources. Yet, that I would be sure not to love my
life too much to lose it.
Do I love the approval of men more than the
approval of God?
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