Anyone familiar with gaming has heard of "cheat codes," secret ways to "game the game," as it were. While the aim is to build up resources or abilities or power or the like in a game -- and that takes some time -- some have uncovered secret codes that can be entered into the game to give you unlimited amounts of such things. And, having obtained such resources, now you can "rule the world," as it were. You can buy as much as you want and win as much as you want. It's not real-world, but in the game it's liberating.
What would it be like if we had cheat codes for real life? What if there was a way to gain access to all the resources you would need in order to face all the situations you had to face? What if there was a way to "game the game"? There is, you know. We have been given a cheat code for life. Jesus said, "I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly" (John 10:10). Abundant life, right there, through Christ. Paul assured us "that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus" (Php 1:6). Nice. He began it; He'll complete it. Beginning to end without fail. Jude wrote of "Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy" (Jude 1:24). Paul asked, "He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?" (Rom 8:32). And, "But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us" (Rom 8:37).
It's not a hidden code. It's not a secret. It's an open promise, a sure thing. "Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Rom 8:38-39). In fact, "My God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus" (Php 4:19). Far better than any cheat code in a game, we have these glorious truths that don't actually rely on our efforts or abilities, but on God. These kinds of resources -- God's resources -- should liberate us to do far more glorious things than even the game programmers imagine, because God is our resource and provides "far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us" (Eph 3:20). Where are your limitations now?
2 comments:
I know my limitations will always be a failure to fully align my desires with His will.
I tend to think that some people think that it should be harder. That it just can't be that simple and direct.
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