The Problem with Religion: Glory

Thursday, April 19, 2012

There are trees

indisposed

weighed down with the fruit of misplaced desires.

And then there are trees

who have found glory...

whose roots grow deep in the remoteness of God.

Phil 3:3 "...(we) glory in Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh."

The problem with religion is that sooner or later it's defined by who's following the rules and who's not... kind of like the public swimming pool with fences, wristbands and lifegaurds watching your every move. A relationship with Jesus is more like the diving board at the public pool. When you're on one all you do is dive and invite others to do the same. There are places for structure. But when we subordinate 'the relationship' to rules everyone loses. If rules could saves us we wouldn't need a Savior. (my paraphrase of Galatians 3)