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Listen while you read: "May The Mind Of Christ My Saviour"1
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John 14:6 – Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (NIV)
As the publisher of our small bi-weekly town paper, I always have a backup plan. I backup my computer documents with a stick. And I backup my computer with a backup computer. I also backup my printer with a backup printer to ensure that the paper always gets published on time and out to both the e-mail subscribers as well as in hard copy.
Backup plans: as human beings, we like to have them, as we know how quickly things can go wrong, and a backup plan gives us a measure of security amidst everyday mishaps.
According to Jesus, however, there is no backup plan available for a relationship with God the Father. The one and only plan is Jesus, Himself. He is the only way, the only truth, and the only life. No one has access to the Father but through Him.
In this day and age, this is not a popular view. Our society is rampant with various beliefs which all promise access to heaven without faith in Christ. To disagree with these beliefs is often to rain down anger upon our heads, which unfortunately can cause us to be quiet about Jesus, when perhaps God is giving us opportunity to speak the truth to those who are clinging to a false hope.
Backup plans have a good and worthy place amidst many areas of life, but according to Scripture, God's written Word, there is no backup plan when it comes to the good news of Christ. Yes, when it comes to truth, the good news of Christ still stands alone in the world of faith, over two thousand years after His death. For truth, popular or not, cannot be changed; it has no backup plan. It is the Plan.
Prayer: Father God, help us this day to be people of truth. May we choose truth over popularity. May we be prepared to publish with our lips the way, the truth, and the life — Jesus — throughout our world, as You present us with God-given opportunities to spread the good news. In Christ's name, we pray. Amen.
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Lynne Phipps <lynnephippsatlin@gmail.com>
Tawatinaw, Alberta, Canada
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Good morning Lynne
I am thankful I do not need a back up plan for my!!
God bless.
How nice that this idea of Robin’s to continue the Daily in this manner.
I have over the years have enjoyed you meditations and the emails we have exchanged over some of them. I have loved reading about your two little grandchildren and also your many experiences with your animals and the way that you could see messages from God in many of the things of every day life. That is what I will miss the most.
In my congregation the Minister is a very nice man but not always do I get a message of how to apply God’s word to my life now. As you age, and the world changes so quickly, it is sometimes difficult to know how to even talk to the modern people you meet and have to deal with. I spend a lot of time on my own and can help thinking of the “good old days” when my Grandparents and older Aunts and Uncles were always around us and we felt so good and cared for. We loved being with them and there was always time for them and for neighbours who needed help.
I have lots of help with my husband who has Alzheimer’s. All of them are great but strangers to us in the beginning and change from time to time.
I pray every night for guidance to be able to say and do the things for my husband that will show him that God is with him and will help him when he can’t remember what to do by himself. I have to remind him to do things and try to console him when he says “I can’t remember anything”. He was and still is a very stubborn man and always ruled the house and me, but it still hurts me to see him with this disease, even when he won’t cooperate and try to help himself.
I wanted to tell you how much I have appreciated all your written offering to this Daily over the years. Thank you.