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My Brain and God’s Love

January 23, 2019 By admin

Several years ago I took an exam to officially become a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. I had been working towards this for eight years and was so excited that I would soon clear the last hurdle. In the months and weeks leading up to the exam, I reviewed everything that I learned during graduate school and, at the same time, reminisced about my journey.

One memory in particular, of when I was about to take my first neuroscience class, stuck out. The class required that I memorize all of the structures of the brain and their functions. During a conversation with a peer who had taken the class a year before, I mentioned that I was nervous about the course, explaining that memorization was not my strong suit.

“Oh!” She exclaimed. “You’re going to love this class.”

She went on to explain to me that all brain structures are made up of tiny cells called neurons. Their job is to communicate with one another, and to send information from the brain to other parts of the body. What’s really cool about neurons, though, is that neuronal connections get stronger and stronger the more we use them. For example, learning how to ride a bike is difficult, at first, because all the neurons involved in that task can’t communicate with one another very well yet. But the more one practices riding a bike, the connection between those neurons strengthens, and the task becomes easier.

“So,” my classmate said, “It’s not that you’re not good at memorizing. It’s just that you have to keep practicing and strengthening the connection the neurons involved in memorization.”

It turns out that there’s truth to what my friend said. Neuroscientists are now discovering that human ability is a lot more flexible than previously believed. Our brain is capable of growing and becoming stronger; we just have to work hard at it.

That realization changed the way I looked at myself and how I approached my studies.

Similarly, I’ve found myself believing that the love of God is more finite than it actually is and that has affected the way that I treat myself and others. But the truth is that God’s love is infinite! The knowledge of that changes the way I look at myself and at the world. And the best part is: I don’t have to work for it. Jesus paid it all.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:38-39, NIV).

Jael Amador writes from New York.

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Make Us Great Again

January 15, 2019 By admin

Peter and his fellow disciples wanted to script Jesus’ mission. Their goal was to have an “earthly” Messiah who would pulverize the Romans, miraculously feed people when they were hungry, and heal the sick! They wanted a flash-bang, eye-popping, miracle-working God who would make Israel great again! So you can imagine how crestfallen Peter was when Jesus started talking about His imminent death.

Jesus had refrained from talking with His followers about His death during most of His ministry because He knew they would be overwhelmed. But eventually it had to be done.

“From then on Jesus began to tell His disciples plainly that it was necessary for Him to go to Jerusalem, and that He would suffer many terrible things at the hands of the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but on the third day He would be raised from the dead. But Peter took Him aside and began to reprimand Him for saying such things. ‘Heaven forbid, Lord,’ he said. ‘This will never happen to you!’” (Matthew 16:21-22, NLT).

“Speechless with grief and amazement, the disciples listened. Christ had accepted Peter’s acknowledgment of Him as the Son of God; and now His words pointing to His suffering and death seemed incomprehensible. Peter could not keep silent. He laid hold upon His Master, as if to draw Him back from His impending doom, exclaiming, ‘Be it far from Thee, Lord: this shall not be unto Thee’” (Desire of Ages, p. 415).

How could Israel be made great again if the Messiah walked a path of humility and allowed Himself to be scorned by the religious leaders? He needed to be assertive and loudly proclaim His right to David’s throne! Jesus needed to be managed by a group of savvy PR “handlers” who could shape His image with just the right words and “media” appearances.

The strongest rebuke that Jesus ever gave was directed at one of His own followers—Peter!

“Jesus turned to Peter and said, ‘Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s’” (Matthew 16:23, NLT).

Jesus recognized that the devil was trying to use Peter to deter Him from the path He must take to be the world’s Redeemer, and He severely rebuked Peter for allowing the evil one to use him.

Spiritual greatness is not achieved through grandiose speeches, manipulative leadership techniques, or by performing supernatural wonders. Conversely, it only happens when we embrace the spirit of Jesus.

“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though He was God, He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, He gave up His divine privileges; He took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When He appeared in human form, He humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross” (Philippians 2:3-8, NLT).

Rich DuBose writes from Northern California.

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