You are
Messed Up!
You realize
that if you are not messed up, you do not need Jesus! If you are not messed up,
you do not need to come to church, pray, study the Scriptures, or anything
else. Everything related to our experience as Christians is based on the premise;
we are, without divine intervention, irrevocably broken. On the other hand, if
we are broken and recognize this as followers of Christ, then we are in
constant need of forgiveness, healing, comfort, and aid in the never-ending
process of sanctification, so why do we give so little attention to it.
Experience as a pastor has revealed to me that the problem for most is that this
one, simple, but unavoidable fact, “we are messed up” has yet to sink in! People
do not attend church faithfully because deep inside, they do not believe they
need it. They do not search the Scriptures for the answers to their depravity, because
in their own eyes, they are not all that bad. The truth is, how you see yourself
and how you feel about it determines whether you will seek out the help, you
need. No one will ever see God without first admitting to themselves how
wretched and undone they are first. This begs the question, if you as a believer
recognize this, then where are you on Sunday morning? If you are dying spiritually,
why won’t you get up and take your medicine? Listen to someone who knows, I am
not okay, and you are not okay, and the sooner you admit it, the sooner you
will seek out the help you need! It is such a tragedy to see so many living as
though they are healthy, when in reality in God’s eyes they are terminally ill.
Get the help you need, because you are messed up!
Your
Pastor.
