HIGH VS LOW

Remember the ballad we used to sing years ago, something about "You take the high road, and I'll take the low road, and I'll get to Scotland afore ye."  Wasn't it a love song about "me and my fair love" on the "bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond."  I'm surprised I can remember that much of it!

You know, there's also a high road and a low road in the realm of Christianity, the realm of the spiritual.  Each individual must make the choice as to which road he/she will travel.  I'm afraid too many Christians today are inadvertently taking the low road resulting from a multitude of factors.  Lack of prayer and Bible reading keep one on the low road.  Loss of appetite for spiritual things contributes to the problem.  Trying to handle our own affairs instead of looking to the Lord for guidance keeps us on this low road.  So does the hustle and bustle of the daily cares of life, to say nothing of the stress of daily living.

Do you remember reading the words of Jesus in John 14:12?  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and GREATER WORKS THAN THESE SHALL HE DO; because I go unto my Father.  (Capital letters mine)

Do we, as Christians, believe on Christ?  Of course, we do!  But are we doing the same works that Jesus did?  Of course not.  It shakes our very being crazy and almost seems sacrilegious to even think of the possibility of such a thing!  But I didn't say it -- Christ did!  We're to do not only the same works He did, He says we're to do even GREATER works!  Wow!  My mind really can't grasp that thought!

And do you see other Christians doing the same works as Christ did?  Why don't we see miracles today as the early church experienced?  I'll tell you why.  We're living beneath our privileges in Christ Jesus.  If we could only grasp who we are in Christ, Who He is in us, the power He has given us and what our privileges are in Him, I believe we'd begin experiencing spiritual results akin to those the early Christians experienced.

And so I ask, are you on the high road spiritually or the low road?

Preacher's Kid