All a person's ways seem pure to them,
but motives are weighed by the Lord.
Proverbs 16:2 NIV
In the 2001 movie "A Knights Tale" twice these words are a key part of the story...
"You've been weighed
You've been measured
And you've been found wanting"
That's the way the world works.
It judges us on performance, our last exam, piece of work, how we look, what we do, where we live...if we're too loud, too quiet, not enougb... too much...
We've been weighed, measured, but we're not found wanting, because Jesus lived the life we couldn't, died the death we should have, to make a way, to be the way for us.
To the One who really matters, we are not, and never will, be found wanting.
So we don't have to be bound up or weighed down by the expectations of this world... we're free :)
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Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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