by Klaire Smith
Recently, I have been considering the simplicity of the gospel versus the complexity of God.
I feel the Spirit leading me to grapple with a gospel everyone can understand that points to the God of all wisdom.
But not just that. I feel in my soul a conviction to pursue the unbelievable characteristics of a God I can’t always wrap my mind around.
Like many believers before me, I have wrestled with the gospel presentation Jesus gives to the young man known to many of us as the rich young ruler. In fact, I often avoid this particular story altogether. It’s uncomfortable for me. At face value, this story characterizes salvation and heaven in ways that are hard for me to understand, let alone believe. However, it is best not to put myself in a position of doubting God. God is a God of mystery, after all. Who can know His mind?
Yet, as this new year begins, I am reminded of Mark 9:24. A desperate father cries out to Jesus, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”
Instead of running from scripture that causes me to doubt, I want to spend this year running toward God with that which seems unbelievable, crying: “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”
What better place to start than the story I have been avoiding?
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Scriptures quoted from the New King James Version.
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