not the Doctor

Howdy,

Last week we addressed how poor usage of time can and will keep our churches and lives from being 'hospitals.' Hopefully, we all took a much needed look at just how busy we are.

This week, let me share some more thoughts, taking the hospital analogy just a bit further...

How DARE we act like WE are the doctor!!! What am I talking about? Am I contradicting myself? Let me explain...

We are NOT the doctor. Nope. Not in the 'hospital' of the Church. We can be assistants, nurses, janitors, and even patients, but we must never call ourselves the doctor. The Great Physician, Jesus, is the One who mends broken hearts, heals wounds and saves souls. We are His apprentices, and yes, sometimes His patients.

As apprentices, we need to KNOW the Physician more and more. As we do, we will get better and better at the work He wants to do through us. We must not try to improve on His methods or timing, but trust that He knows what He is doing. Are you trying to be the Doctor in someone's life? Are you trying to 'fix' them? Or are you leaving room for God to grow that person, using His methods and in His time?

As patients, we need to TRUST the Physician. He allows us to get hurt but has a purpose for it and wants to use it to grow you. Later in life, you can be there for someone going through what you're going through now! Are you upset that God is letting you go through a certain situation? He is NOT there to keep every bad thing from happening to you (though many Christians act, believe and pray this way). He IS there to be TRUSTED. Let the Physician work. Are you resisting the authority of the Doctor? Are you trying to 'fix' yourself? Hello? YOU CAN'T!

He will allow you to struggle and struggle to 'fix' yourself and succeed for a while and then fail. You know the cycle? Up, down, up, down. You have to take your hands off the wound for the Physician to get in there and heal it. Yes, taking your hands off of it might mean others will see it, but it's the only way for REAL healing.

"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick." -Jesus

In His Grace,

Dale