Source: A Three-legged Stool - The Upper Room Devotional, January 2010
As Christians, we need a firm foundation in order to do our daily work for the kingdom of God. This foundation is our Bible-based faith.
If we put our weight upon one attribute of God to the exclusion of the others, we will surely slip and fall.
As Christians, we need a firm foundation in order to do our daily work for the kingdom of God. This foundation is our Bible-based faith.
Three qualities of God make up the three strong legs of my foundation:
God is love (1 John 4:8); God is holy (Lev. 11:44), and God is spirit (John 4:24).
God is love (1 John 4:8); God is holy (Lev. 11:44), and God is spirit (John 4:24).
If we put our weight upon one attribute of God to the exclusion of the others, we will surely slip and fall.
- Concentrating on God's love alone may cause us to lapse into permissive sentimentality.
- Emphasizing God's holiness alone may cause us to become rigid, legalistic, and judgmental.
- Focusing on God's spirit alone may motivate us for service, but we may easily burn out apart from the underlying support of God's love and holiness.
