Submission to The Savior In His Saints
Name: Jesus
DATE SUBMITTED 8/28/2018
CATEGORIES: Right-and-wrong, Spiritual Gifts
BIBLE PASSAGE: Proverbs 19:11 (ESV) Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
DATE SUBMITTED 8/28/2018
CATEGORIES: Right-and-wrong, Spiritual Gifts
BIBLE PASSAGE: Proverbs 19:11 (ESV) Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
When, by the Holy Spirit’s power, Jesus, rules your head and heart; when Jesus is the authority Who is above anything and everyone else, your life is changed, immensely, incalculably for the better.
Let me give you an example of what I mean…
Over 45-years-ago I was pastor of Bethesda Church in Hot Springs, South Dakota. There I met many wonderful people. But among those who remain in my memory was a postman by the name of Rudy Krein, and his wife, Arlene. They hailed from that town, went to school there, had lived their lives there. They found themselves in love and married.
As such things often go, Arlene soon found herself pregnant. They gave thanks to the Lord for the gift of a new life that she was carrying. Their baby was born. Caroline. That was what they named her. Caroline was a beautiful baby. But she had spina bifida. The hospital staff immediately placed Caroline in an oxygen tent. The oxygen was turned on.....too high. By the time the error was discovered, their beautiful girl was blind, deaf and retarded.
The doctors said this young couple should go home and have another baby. Put Caroline into a home. Statistics said she would die before the age of six. But Rudy and Arlene knew Jesus. He was the authority in their lives. Although the decision they made was not for everyone, they didn't think they could give the child God had given them, to someone else. Caroline was their baby. So, with Jesus as their authority, they made a decision. They would go home. They would have another baby, but Caroline was going to go home with them.
If she was going to die by the age of six, they would take care of her. They would love her. They would try, somehow to take care of her and tell her of Jesus.
They did. Caroline was never able to feed herself. Throughout her life she ate baby food. She never got control over her bodily functions. She needed to be burped every four hours. Rudy and Arlene settled into the daily cycle. They could not leave her alone for any length of time, so one went to early church, the other went to late.
They cared for Caroline and the three other children who came to their family. When times were tough, and there were such times; when it looked like they would lose their baby, for Caroline always remained a baby, they turned to Jesus, and He gave them the courage and ability to care that they needed.
Eventually, Rudy and Arlene found out that Caroline wasn't deaf. And, as the years past, she learned to talk. Only three words. Daaaaa. That was daddy. When Rudy came home from delivering mail, she said it, Daaaa. Maaaaa was the other word. As I remember it, it was not used as often because Maaa was always around.
Oh, yes, I said there was a third word Caroline knew. It was Geeeesis. Jesus. It was always said with a smile. Geeeesis. Both Arlene and Rudy sang to Caroline about Jesus. His love. Always about His love. And, even as Jesus was an authority in the life of Daaa and Maaa, so He was for Caroline.
I don't pretend to know what happened in Caroline's mind..... but I know Geeesis was there. And He was there as the young couple took care of Caroline. For the six years that the doctor's had predicted. Then the seventh, eighth, twelfth, eighteenth, twentieth, twenty-seven years.
Burping their baby every few hours, changing her diapers. For twenty-seven years. Then Caroline left Daaa and Maaaa and went home to Geeesis. And there, Caroline was healed and whole.
That was how those who knew her thought of her. Running, learning, talking. Healed and whole. After all they had been through, Rudy and Arlene decided to travel. Rudy took an early retirement, but before they left, he had a physical. At the age of 57 Rudy Krein was told he had Alzheimers. He died only a few years after his little girl. He, too went home to Geeesis. And he saw his little girl, healthy, healed and whole. That, my friends is what it means to have Jesus as the authority in your life.
Having Jesus as the Authority; knowing Him as Savior, doesn’t mean you will never have problems. You will. Having Jesus as your authority.
Let me give you an example of what I mean…
Over 45-years-ago I was pastor of Bethesda Church in Hot Springs, South Dakota. There I met many wonderful people. But among those who remain in my memory was a postman by the name of Rudy Krein, and his wife, Arlene. They hailed from that town, went to school there, had lived their lives there. They found themselves in love and married.
As such things often go, Arlene soon found herself pregnant. They gave thanks to the Lord for the gift of a new life that she was carrying. Their baby was born. Caroline. That was what they named her. Caroline was a beautiful baby. But she had spina bifida. The hospital staff immediately placed Caroline in an oxygen tent. The oxygen was turned on.....too high. By the time the error was discovered, their beautiful girl was blind, deaf and retarded.
The doctors said this young couple should go home and have another baby. Put Caroline into a home. Statistics said she would die before the age of six. But Rudy and Arlene knew Jesus. He was the authority in their lives. Although the decision they made was not for everyone, they didn't think they could give the child God had given them, to someone else. Caroline was their baby. So, with Jesus as their authority, they made a decision. They would go home. They would have another baby, but Caroline was going to go home with them.
If she was going to die by the age of six, they would take care of her. They would love her. They would try, somehow to take care of her and tell her of Jesus.
They did. Caroline was never able to feed herself. Throughout her life she ate baby food. She never got control over her bodily functions. She needed to be burped every four hours. Rudy and Arlene settled into the daily cycle. They could not leave her alone for any length of time, so one went to early church, the other went to late.
They cared for Caroline and the three other children who came to their family. When times were tough, and there were such times; when it looked like they would lose their baby, for Caroline always remained a baby, they turned to Jesus, and He gave them the courage and ability to care that they needed.
Eventually, Rudy and Arlene found out that Caroline wasn't deaf. And, as the years past, she learned to talk. Only three words. Daaaaa. That was daddy. When Rudy came home from delivering mail, she said it, Daaaa. Maaaaa was the other word. As I remember it, it was not used as often because Maaa was always around.
Oh, yes, I said there was a third word Caroline knew. It was Geeeesis. Jesus. It was always said with a smile. Geeeesis. Both Arlene and Rudy sang to Caroline about Jesus. His love. Always about His love. And, even as Jesus was an authority in the life of Daaa and Maaa, so He was for Caroline.
I don't pretend to know what happened in Caroline's mind..... but I know Geeesis was there. And He was there as the young couple took care of Caroline. For the six years that the doctor's had predicted. Then the seventh, eighth, twelfth, eighteenth, twentieth, twenty-seven years.
Burping their baby every few hours, changing her diapers. For twenty-seven years. Then Caroline left Daaa and Maaaa and went home to Geeesis. And there, Caroline was healed and whole.
That was how those who knew her thought of her. Running, learning, talking. Healed and whole. After all they had been through, Rudy and Arlene decided to travel. Rudy took an early retirement, but before they left, he had a physical. At the age of 57 Rudy Krein was told he had Alzheimers. He died only a few years after his little girl. He, too went home to Geeesis. And he saw his little girl, healthy, healed and whole. That, my friends is what it means to have Jesus as the authority in your life.
Having Jesus as the Authority; knowing Him as Savior, doesn’t mean you will never have problems. You will. Having Jesus as your authority.