Article May 5, 1997 Issue

Jesus wasn't squeezed for time

Toni Tartoué Wengler

A television commercial showed several toy men walking alongside each other to see whose battery would last the longest. One kept on going. Of course, eventually it, too, would wear down. I chuckled to think how people often act like these toys. They walk, hurry, or push to keep up with the deadlines of a busy schedule until their "battery" wears down. I applauded the fact that this picture is a farce.

Isn't it time to turn from this farce and feel the power and presence of God's love? A passage from the New Testament, as translated by J. B. Phillips (1958 version), really speaks to me: "Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let God remold your minds from within, so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God for you is good, meets all his demands and moves toward the goal of true maturity" (Rom. 12:2).

Christ Jesus exemplified the power that comes from putting God first. Through spiritual oneness with God, he met the demands of each day as needed. He was not burdened with urgency when others desperately cried out for his immediate attention. He reflected God-derived dominion, grace, and unselfishness and knew the universality of God's infinite resources.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Article

A healing of sickness and exhaustion