To Him Who Is Able…

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling…

We stumble a lot.  Inevitably, in the Christian walk, we sin, we fall down.  Some would place sole responsibility on us…we are backsliders, we are unrepentant.  These are true terms, but don’t reveal the heart of the matter.  One must be careful not to bear the responsibility for his own salvation, lest in doing so works-righteousness becomes dominant and Christ subservient to our wrongheartedness.  We are charged to work out our salvation with fear and trembling, but that does not mean we are the originators of our own salvation.  All of this is a doctrinal issue, which does not reflect the point of my thoughts today.  What I’m getting at is that a faith in Christ not only allows but actually believes this to be true.  To take a page from the self-actualizers and use the notion of affirmations (now, repeat after me)

I believe that Christ, who is Lord, is able to keep me from stumbling as I walk with Him.

He is Simon the Cyrene to us, in some ways.  He is the prophet Nathan, who reprimanded King David for adultery and murder (see II Samuel 12:1-15)  He is not only Lord of the heart, but Lord of the mind, too.  But we need to believe it.

Blessings;

Christ -bearer.