Monday, March 27, 2006

Written Off

In the Army when a vehicle is damaged and retrieved from the battlefield a decision must be made: Is it better to repair this vehicle or replace it? In many cases if the repairs cost more than a replacement, the vehicle is just written off. It's not worth fixing.

The Church suffers from the many people who see their brokenness and are paralyzed by it. Haunted by what they've done or what's been done to them, they assess the damage and say, "Nah, it's not worth fixing."

But God looks at them and says, "Yeah, I can do something with that."

The Church certainly has folks who are wounded and broken but don't know it or won't admit it and they bleed all over the place for everyone to see. They can do a lot more damage if they're not pulled off the line and there are special ways to help them. But I think those folks are relatively rare. Much more common are those who are overly conscious of their sinfulness and forgetful of God's grace.

God can fix what is broken in us and make it useful for His purposes. In fact, some niches can only be filled by those who are "refurbished." Just think of what the Church could accomplish if we had the full resources of all of those mended people.

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