The Truth About Life
by Max Lucado
If you ever want to stall a conversation at a party just say, “How’re you feeling about your approaching death?” It won’t put much life into the conversation.
I have a friend who has cancer. He’s in remission. A nurse unaware of his condition was asking a question for his medical record. “Are you presently ill?” “Well yes, I have cancer,” he said. She looked at him and asked, “Are you terminal?” He responded, “Yes, aren’t we all?”
You’d think we weren’t, the way the subject is kept hush-hush. Jesus does His best work at such moments. Just when the truth about life sinks in, His truth starts to surface.
The next time you find yourself facing the undeniables of life, whisper His name. He is nearer than you think!
From God Came Near
Max Lucado is one of my favorite authors. The manner in which he can take powerful biblical truths and present them in a manner that is easily relatable is truly extraordinary.
The point he makes in this particular mini-treatise is monumental. We spend so much time avoiding the obvious as if that changes our reality. Life is not about circumventing our struggles; it is about rising up and meeting them head on. It is about understanding that it is in the midst of these struggles that God does some of his greatest work. It is when you have come to a dark place and there seems to be no way out that you have actually been placed in the middle of a move of God.
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| Dr. Rick Wallace |
The concept of faith would be useless if we never had to use it. If there were no moments that required perseverance, we would not be commanded to develop it. Ignoring our realities as they exist does not eradicate them. Pretending that a dark situation in your life does not truly exist does not eliminate its impact. It is the audacious faith of the believer to trust God despite the situation that allows you to move through it.
We must come to a point in our lives in which we gladly engage our tribulations understanding the beneficial outcome associated with it (Rom. 5:1-5). ~ Dr. Rick Wallace
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