Tell Me the Stories of Jesus

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Jody Neufeld

32God raised this Jesus, and we are all witnesses to it. 33He was elevated to the right hand of God and received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father. Now he is pouring it out as you both see and hear.        Acts 2:32-33 (HN)

– Henry Neufeld

Sometimes as I’m telling stories of my own life, part of my testimony, I pause and think about just how unlikely many of these stories are. There’s the time my father was miraculously healed. There are many answers to prayer in my own life.

Then consider the simple claim to salvation. “I’ve received Jesus as my Lord and Savior,” I say. “I’m not a friend of God. God is my dad!” What an unimaginable claim that is. I add to that the story that I’ve received the Holy Spirit into my life, I’ve been empowered by God, and through his Spirit he lives in me.

Then we go back in Christian history and we see these remarkable stories. Here is Peter, the fisherman, preaching to crowds after the crucifixion. The day before he was hiding out, hoping nobody would find him. The disciples had been pretty scarce even after they saw Jesus. They knew he’d been raised from the dead, but they also knew that he had died, and they were aware that they might die as well.

Yet on Pentecost they received the Holy Spirit and began to tell these weird and wonderful stories with boldness to large crowds. They quit worrying about dying and began to challenge the world with the gospel message. They quit trying to melt into the countryside, and began standing out as a challenge.

That was the action of the Holy Spirit in their lives. When the Holy Spirit gets hold of you, you do and say things you wouldn’t do otherwise. You step out of your comfort zone. You tell stories. You talk about hearing God speak to you. You tell people that Jesus is risen, and you know it because he lives within your heart, or perhaps you even say that you, yourself have seen him.

There are two important elements I would like us to think about here. First, the Holy Spirit enabled the disciples to challenge their world. They didn’t call for some little decision, such as going to church once a week, or attending a small group. They called on people to be transformed, and then to transform the world. Second, the power of the preaching involved both the Holy Spirit and the personal testimony of the disciples. They talked about what they knew and what they had witnessed.

If you’ve had life-transforming experiences with the Lord, are you letting people know? If you’re a Christian, and you can’t talk about something that is life-transforming, shouldn’t you check your relationship with God?

Jesus is at the right hand of the Father, and he has sent us the gift of his Spirit. But we have to go, live, and speak.

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Tongues: Spread the Good News

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Jody Neufeld

41Those who accepted Peter’s message were baptized and about 3000 were added to the church that day. 42And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to fellowship, to breaking bread, and to prayers.        Acts 2:41-42 (HN)

– Henry Neufeld

I was doing my reading this morning from the Holy Spirit Encounter Bible (NLT), and there’s a little box just above this passage, one of their “Holy Spirit Encounter Moments.” Now the fact is that this puts the box quite a ways from the part that talks about tongues in Acts 2, and I was prepared to be annoyed with them. All of which shows that one shouldn’t be too hasty to judge!

Their little box, and my thought for this morning is based on Acts 2 as a whole. If you have time, just read the chapter and try to see the emphasis.

But I want to present you with the question that was asked in that Bible edition. First they note that those who came together on the day of Pentecost spoke in other languages, and that people from many countries heard the gospel spoken in their own language. As a result of this speaking and hearing, many people believed.

Our modern love of things to argue about often leads to us spending most of our time on the controversial aspects of this passage. Does the baptism of the Holy Spirit always result in speaking in tongues? Is there only one baptism, the one described here, or is it an individual experience for every Christian as well? Do you have to be baptized in order to be saved?

But none of that is the focus of the chapter. First the believers are together, then the Holy Spirit fills them, and all these people hear the message. Finally, 3,000 are baptized and join the church. It’s a time of rejoicing that the preaching of the gospel has been heard and received.

And the Bible I was reading presents just the right question:

Are you willing to surrender your tongue to the Spirit so that others might hear the gospel?

We all have our individual uses for various things. Many think of the gift of tongues as simply a sign that here is someone who has been baptized by the Spirit. Others wonder whether the people who speak in tongues are nuts. I don’t intend to try to solve this argument in a devotional, but to suggest there’s something more important here.

God wants to know whether your tongue is surrendered to him, so he can use it to present the gospel.

So what’s most important to you? Is your first question when you speak whether you have built up God’s kingdom? Is the most important thing to you whether the gospel has been proclaimed? It’s something to think about seriously.

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God’s Power is a Parent’s Power

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Jody Neufeld

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.      1 John 4:16 (WEB)

This morning I will be meeting with some women as we study and seek God in His Word. The general topic of our study is about parenting. Today the chapters where we will begin our discussion in Stormie Omartian’s book, The Power of the Praying Parent, are “Feeling Loved and Accepted” and “Establishing an Eternal Future”. Mrs. Omartian rightly states that it is the need to feel and know that they are loved that is at the root of a child perception of the rest of his/her world. And a child’s eternal salvation in Jesus Christ – there isn’t anything more important than that! The central point to her chapters is that parents pray for their child. I agree but I also believe it takes more than prayer.

A pastor friend, Dr. Bob McKibben, says, “Prayer is not a substitute for anything else and nothing else is a substitute for prayer.” The application of that wisdom for me as a parent is that, yes, absolutely I must pray for my children. I must also walk out my faith in truth and in front of my children. My faith is not a private matter. I cannot just tell my children what my faith is. I must walk it out. My children need to know to Whom I turn when life is tough. They need to see me cry out to God. They need to know that I struggle with questions but that the struggle brings me closer to God. God does not love me less because I have questions. We need to rejoice as a family in the victories, giving God the praise. We also trust Him in the unknown times because He has shown Himself to us in other times. We remember and share the stories, big and small, of how Jesus has been right there with us.

Today is my son’s birthday. He would have been 23 today. Maybe he would have gone to college and got married. Instead, he is in heaven. When James was born 23 years ago, it never entered my thoughts that he would have less than a ‘full life’. He would have to deal with me growing old! He would have to deal with me dying before him. That wasn’t God’s plan. The questions we had to face in his life were hard. In the middle of his year of chemotherapy, James had a crisis of faith. He believed he had been healed and wanted to quit all treatment. He saw the race he had been given to run and did not want to finish it. I am so very thankful for how God spoke to James and gave him the assurance and the strength to walk, not just the next six months, but what was to come in the next four years. There were times of great joy and opportunities to walk out the faith and courage God gave him in abundance. There were also times when the battles were fierce and long. He saw how God showed Himself in friends who stood by him even though it was so very hard and they, in turn, learned through tests of their own faith.

In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world. 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.        1 John 4:17-19 (WEB)

No matter what may come in the life of your child, FEAR NOT for GOD IS WITH YOU. There is nothing that may come that God cannot overcome.

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Trading in My Separation Anxiety

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Jody Neufeld

Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God and also in me. 2In my Father’s house there are many rooms. If it was not so, would I have told you that I’m going to prepare a place for you? 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you to myself, so that where I am, you may be also.            John 14:1-3 (HN)

– Henry Neufeld

Jesus addressed these words to his disciples shortly before he was to go to the cross. The disciples were anxious about what would happen, and what separation would mean. They weren’t sure how to take it and whether they could be confident that they would rejoin their master again.

But these words are also addressed to each one of us, and to us as the body of Christ in the world. We live in a state of tension. We’re separated from Jesus, yet we have a task to do here. We want to be with him, yet we have to live here. We know he’s with us, but that doesn’t quite seem like the same thing. We can talk to him through prayer, but again, that’s not like having him here.

I can compare this from being separated from family members, but especially children and grandchildren. Our children live in Texas and Arizona. We do not get together very much. We look forward when they are able to visit. There’s some tensions for me in getting everything ready, but mostly there’s an anticipation of having them here. I wish they came more often. I can talk to them on the phone, I get regular pictures, I know they’re alright, but it’s not the same thing as having them here.
What can give us joy in our Christian lives, however, is the knowledge that we can trust Jesus to do as he has promised. If we trust that he is preparing a place, and that he will come again, things will be different. Having a date when I expect the children to be here is nice. I know when it will happen, and that gives me confidence.

I don’t know when Jesus will be here, but I do have confidence in him that just as he said he will come again. I have confidence that one of those many rooms is set aside for me.

The separation is hard, but the hope is great.

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Live Alive!

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Jody Neufeld

Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb …    John 20:1 (WEB)

If you check the four gospels, you’ll find that there is no mention of Saturday.  The gospels, each in their own way, records the burial of Jesus on Friday (three specifically mention the haste of burying Jesus before the Sabbath sundown) and then the scene picks up on Sunday morning.  Early.  What did the disciples and the women do on Saturday?

Saturday is Sabbath to a practicing Jew.  Work isn’t done on the Sabbath.  That includes things like cooking and cleaning.  It would includes chopping wood for a fire that warms and cooks.

The week prior to this Sabbath had not been ‘normal’, ‘usual’, or ‘quiet’.  It began with a glorious triumphant procession into Jerusalem where some may have thought, “Maybe, just possibly the Romans are going to fall from power and our nation, Israel, will see itself in glory as God has promised.”  But Jesus dispelled that dream.  Jesus said His kingdom was not to be of this world.  His chosen people, God’s children, would not see that kingdom on this side of Heaven.  Jesus pulls those disciples close to Him that week and almost seems to cram the principles into their hearts. Thursday night, he shares a Passover meal with them and graphically demonstrates to them how to be a servant.  He even washes Judas’ feet.  That would be something to recall in the days and years ahead as persecution comes.  John’s gospel especially speaks to my heart in chapters 14-17.  The pure and undiluted gospel of Jesus that gives comfort, the need for connection, warnings and affirmation of persecution, and then Jesus’ prayer.  Such richness!  But all of these events did not leave time or forethought to preparing for the Saturday Sabbath.

Did the disciples huddle together, hiding, eating stale bread and whatever leftovers they could find?  Did they hide individually, isolated and afraid to congregate together?  Life had forever changed and they must have felt so alone.  And remember –  everyone of them had run away from Jesus the night before.  Did shame make them even feel they couldn’t cry out to God?  Was this a Sabbath in which they couldn’t even say the ritual prayers?

There have been ‘Saturdays’ like that in my life.  ‘Friday’ has been so awful and overwhelming and like the disciples, I didn’t have the hindsight of knowing that Resurrection Sunday was coming!
That is Good News! RESURRECTION IS ALWAYS COMING! NOTHING in my life ends on ‘Friday’!!!

Jesus sealed that covenant when He set His eyes and feet toward Jerusalem.  When He got up from His knees in the garden, He walked toward victory!

It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing. Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He isn’t here, but is risen… Luke 24:4-6 (WEB)

Let us LIVE like we know about Resurrection Sunday no matter how many ‘seemingly dead’ Fridays and Saturdays come along! Anticipate it! Trust Him! HE IS RISEN!

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Lost?

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Jody Neufeld

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”      Luke 19:10 (WEB)

Have you ever been lost?  Being in an unfamiliar city can make me feel bewildered and even frustrated – especially if I have inaccurate directions. Both of those emotions may find their root in fear.  I don’t know where I am and will I find my way back to something familiar?  GPS is technology’s answer to that lost feeling.  Jesus is the true answer to feeling lost that has been with me since birth.  It is feeling incomplete and without peace.

I sought and followed several paths as I tried to find ‘my way’.  I looked to people, both individuals like a husband and to collecting large numbers of friends that would be there for me; expecting them to know my needs and fill my needs.  I looked at alcohol to anesthetize the emptiness so I wouldn’t notice that I wasn’t happy.  I looked to building a career that would so define me that there would be no doubt in my mind nor in those who cluster around me that I was somebody and was worth something.  I filled my life with activities thinking that if I just did enough that I wouldn’t feel alone and I would feel validated.

None of those paths led to…any where.  At best they led me back to myself so that I was staring myself in the eyes and being disappointed at what I saw.  At worse they led me to a dead end where no one was with me.  I didn’t count as a high enough priority in anyone’s life where I was their life!

But I am a high priority to God.  I am so important that He would come in the flesh to find me and save me.  And the biggest shocker?  He would give His life so that I could live!

Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” John 20:21 (WEB)

There it is.  My reason for being: so that Jesus could ‘send me’.  Jesus came, saved me, and showed me how to seek the lost and shine His light of truth so they could choose to follow Him.  That permeates every aspect of my life.  It is how I live with my family.  It is how I shop at Wal-mart.  It is how I do my bill-paying job.  There is no compartmentalizing in the life of a disciple of Jesus Christ.

Oh, Father, help me to live the life of a disciple of Jesus.  May I have ears to hear Your Holy Spirit guide and direct.  May I seek to learn how to be more like Jesus as I read and study Your Word.  May I choose to be still and listen for Your voice and obey with a glad heart.  Thank You for saving me, Father.  Thank You for loving me with an ever-lasting, comforting love.  I love You, Father.  In Jesus’ name I pray.  Amen.

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Change the World

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Jody Neufeld

Then the satraps, governors, administrators, judges, treasurers, counselors, officers, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together, attending the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. They stood in front of the image that Nebuchadnezzar had erected. 4Then the herald proclaimed, “Peoples, nations, and languages, you are commanded 5that at whatever time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, triangle, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, you will fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has erected. 6and whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into the burning fiery furnace in that same hour.”
7So when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, harp, triangle, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected.
8So at that time certain astrologers approached and accused the Jews. 9They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live for ever! 10You have made a decree, O king, that everyone that hears the sound of the horn, flute, harp, triangle, psaltery and dulcimer, and all types of music, will fall down and worship the golden image. 11Whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into the interior of the burning fiery furnace. 12There are certain Jews that you have put in charge of the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. These men, O king, have not shown you respect. They don’t serve your gods, and they don’t worship the golden image that you erected.”    Daniel 3:3-12 [TFBV]

– Henry Neufeld

Just because there’s music doesn’t mean you have to bow down.

Notice what’s going on here.  Nebuchadnezzar has made an idol to prove that he will rule forever, that he is in charge of everyone.  But as is common when we are creating illusions for ourselves, he needs to have everyone else follow to build his confidence.  So he has the music play to bring everyone together and get them to show how right he is.

But three young men don’t go along with the plan.  Why do you think Nebuchadnezzar was so angry that just three men didn’t go along with his plan?  Surely three men did not constitute such an extraordinary threat to his power!  But Nebuchadnezzar knows the power of the minority who refuse to go along with the crowd.  He knows that idolatry is illusion, and that as soon as someone points out the illusion, it will start to break down.  So he is furious at the three who don’t go along with his plan.

These young men do not express assurance that they will be saved.  What they express is determination, and that’s all that is necessary.

Just because the music plays, you don’t have to bow down.  If you don’t, you may change the world.

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Take the Time

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Jody Neufeld

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification. Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another, for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more; and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; hat you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.        1 Thessalonians 4:7-12 (WEB)

Sanctification is one of those church words that means ‘to be made holy’. It is not about being religious but to be Godly. It is taking on the very nature of God. It is more than believing in God. It is choosing to be holy – because He is holy. I become less so God becomes more in my life. (John 3:30)

It is in this passage that Paul exhorts me to mind my life. I hear the echo of Jesus’ words to take care of the plank in my eye and quit fussing with the speck of dust in everyone around me. (Luke 6:41) It is daily time with God. There are no short cuts. I know that God has told me this over and over. I keep looking for a loophole! (Just keeping it real here!)

Each day, it is taking the time to be quiet in the morning and just listen. It is so easy to talk and talk to God about what is on my mind. It is easy to turn on praise music and sing and sing about God. It is much harder for me to be quiet and wait for God to speak. It is a discipline to pull in my wandering mind and choose to focus – to be still and know. (Psalm 46:10)

And then again at the end of the day, taking time again to be quiet and just listen. This is the time to hear God’s correction. It is not condemnation. If I fall asleep feeling depressed and guilty, then I have not allowed God to finish what He had to say. Jesus wants to make me better not beat me up. Jesus wants me to become more holy so that we can be closer. He does not want me to move away and carry my sins in a tote bag that gets heavier and heavier. If I am feeling weighed down, then I am holding on with my own strength to ‘stuff’ that is not mine to carry. If my sleep is not characterized with peace, then my time with Jesus is not on His schedule. Jesus wants to leave me with His peace no matter what is going on in my life. (John 14:27)

The days come and go. Weeks turn into months. Years fly by. And yet no matter the season of my life, Jesus is still there; has always been there. His comfort, His strength, His peace, His unconditional and never-ending love is still there. Whatever this day brings, I can count on God. Before I turn my mind to Him and call out to Him, He is already there. (Isaiah 65:24)

Take the time.

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The Way

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Jody Neufeld

19Now then, brethren, we have boldness to go into the holiest place through the blood of Jesus, 20which he placed as a living way through the curtain, not previously available, which is his flesh. 21Jesus is also a great priest over the household of God. 22So let’s come with true hearts and full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from bad conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.         Hebrews 10:19-22 (TFBV)

– Henry Neufeld

Sometimes we miss one of the most obvious facts about salvation, because it is something we live with all the time. No, I’m not talking about sin, though that is a critical point. I’m talking about the fact that we are so limited and ignorant. We could know nothing about God unless he chose to reveal it to us. There is no way that we could reach God, unless he chose to make a way.

You may recall something about infinity from math classes. Infinity minus any finite number equals what? Infinity. Infinity plus any finite number equals what? Yep, infinity again! Basically there is the widest gap possible between us and God, and we have no way of getting to God.

People often look at the tabernacle and later the temple as symbols of God’s presence with his people. And that’s not entirely wrong. But there is another set of symbolism involved. The structure of the tabernacle showed the separation between the holiness of God and the people. First we have the outer courtyard. There only priests and people coming to offer sacrifice could come. Then there is a veil, and another chamber. Here only the priests could enter. Then there is another veil, and the most holy place. There only the high priest entered one time each year.

Each veil served to illustrate how far God’s people were separated from their God, while at the same time pointing toward the possibility of coming in closer.

What Jesus did in becoming one of us was to empty himself of that infinity (Phil. 2:5-11) and show us the way. He bridged the greatest gap that can possibly exist. He made it possible for us to approach God. And he didn’t do it half way. He made it possible for us to approach boldly.

In our families, our communities, and our churches, we regularly face gaps. People are different. Some of us are annoying! Some of us are so perfect we can’t imagine how annoying we are! Often we think that reconciliation and forgiveness is not possible. The gap is just too big.

But always remember this: The biggest possible gap has already been crossed. When God emptied himself and became a human being, he showed us that there is no difference too great, no depth too low, no height so unreachable, no distance too great, that God’s grace wasn’t sufficient to manage to open a way. The grace may not be easy—it cost Jesus his life. But it is sufficiently powerful.

Remember: We worship a God who opens the way, no matter how impossible it looks to us.

19God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not counting their transgressions against them, and he has given to us the ministry of reconciliation.       2 Corinthians 5:19 (HN)

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Kindness: Power in Forgiveness

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Jody Neufeld

8YHWH our God, you answered them.
You were a forgiving God to them, But one who punished their misdeeds.      Psalm 99:8 (HN)

– Henry Neufeld

One of the tough things about learning to forgive is the feeling that we’re letting someone off the hook. Deep down we feel that they should get what’s coming to them for what they did to us. For many of us, we also feel that we should get what’s coming to us. That’s one of the very difficult things about grace—it feels unfair. We get angry at the injustice when grace is shown to someone when we don’t think they deserve it. Indeed, they can’t deserve it, but we still feel that some are less deserving than others!

Now let’s be clear. Grace isn’t fair. If God was fair, none of us would make it. So let’s be thankful for a God who isn’t fair at all, and gives lots of good things to people who don’t deserve them.

But at the same time, God is also trying to make us grow up. We think of growing up as a child’s problem. But in following God’s pathway, we will always be growing up. Even though we get our perfect, spiritual bodies, I think even in heaven we will continue to learn and grow. In order to grow up we have to learn new lessons, and there’s nothing like consequences for learning lessons!

That’s the subject of our text today. God worked with Israel using grace and forgiveness along with consequences. He made the consequences very clear in Deuteronomy 30:15-18:

15Look! I’m setting before you today life and well-being, death and disaster. 16The things that I command you today, to love YHWH your God and to follow his ways, to keep his commands, statutes, and judgments—if you do these things you will live and become great and YHWH your God will bless you in the land where you’re going to take possession. 17But if your heart turns aside, and you don’t obey, and if you are drawn away and worship other gods, and to serve them, 18I tell you today that I will certainly destroy you. Your days won’t be extended on the land which you’re crossing the Jordan to go and possess.          Deuteronomy 30:15-18 (HN)

You see, forgiveness is powerful. Grace is powerful. One of the things it does is give us a choice, where none existed before. Because of grace we do have the choice of life and death. Without grace we have only the choice of death.

But grace is also an invitation. It invites us to follow God’s pathway. Isn’t that a contradiction? In fact, doesn’t Psalm 99:8 look like a contradiction? God forgives and punishes. There is forgiveness, but there are also consequences.

No, it’s not a contradiction. Our problem is that we look at things from too narrow a perspective. God wants to forgive you, but he also wants to transform you. Both of these things are gifts, but transformation only occurs when you get on board.

Think of it this way. Supposing I see you walking down a path which is going to end in a cleverly concealed drop-off. I can come warn you about the drop-off ahead. That would be nice of me, wouldn’t it? Supposing, however, that I leave you to think that because you have been warned, you are now safe, and you continue following the path.

God’s grace and forgiveness let us know that we’re on the wrong path. They let us know that we serve a God who will forgive our getting on the wrong path. At the same time, we serve a God who wants us on the right path, and is going to do everything possible to see that we change from the wrong to the right path.

Seen in that light, the punishment, and the consequences, are themselves part of grace.

Jody Note: As I have been thinking about the extraordinary kindness of our Lord, I am brought again through Henry’s devotional to see the power of God’s kindness. If I am to be His ambassador, His disciple, I, too, must use the power of God’s kindness. First, to accept God’s desire to correct me but always remember that in that discipline there is His great love. And second, to extend that same power to others. It is so easy to judge and shake my head when I see the ‘sin’ in others, especially if it is in an area that I have not felt temptation. Oh, my brothers and sisters, it is truly because of the grace of God that I have not! Through Jesus’ kindness to remove my own ‘plank’ of sin, I can be an instrument to kindly remove the saw dust of sin from another.    (Luke 6:41-42)

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