Convicted or Confused?

Confusing? Where does confusion come from? I am not just asking about math here, because that is almost always the case with me, but about those times in your life when things don't go the way they should or maybe you thought they would. Those times when things go differently than we would have expected or hoped. These are the times when confusion happens.

Let's be honest - to consider the question, let alone answer the question, "Where does confusion come from?",  is at best confusing, right? Look at this passage:

"For God is not  the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints." 1 Corinthians 14:33 (NKJV)

So if God is not the author of confusion, then who is? Us? Satan? Both I would say, and that really doesn't matter. What matters is that is is not God. This happens with church all the time. We use big theological terms and have programs to try and explain what people need to know and not know about God, the Bible, and Jesus. Wanna know something? Wanna know the truth? It's not that complicated...

Know Jesus and Know Truth or No Jesus and No Truth. When Jesus was asked to explain which of the 700+ laws was the most important ones, he answered simply:

Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:37-40.

So basically He told us to love God and to love others. That is pretty simple. If then this is what matters most, it becomes a lot less confusing if we look at situations and circumstances in relation to those principles, right? Seriously, if we look at everything through the perspective of Jesus' words about loving God or loving others and let our hearts be convicted, then our actions will follow.

So the path from confusion to conviction happens when we can look to Him and His Words for our answers, regardless of timing. Then we should let His Words convict our hearts, then guide our actions, so we can let go of our feelings.  Then, we can overcome our natural tendency of being confused and hold on to only what He can provide: Peace. Peace is of God and from God, and that you can count on with no confusion.

...just sayin'

In His Grip,

Pastor Pat