I remember saying that to myself many years ago. And what I meant by that is “the Christian life is impossible to live”. The standard is too high. I can’t live it.
And I think I was right!
I just read a quote in a facebook post by a facebook friend named Nick Sumaylo. It went like this:
The Christian life and ministry are not difficult.
They’re impossible.
…
See?
And if Christianity is impossible, what better thing to do than to leave it!
I wanted to. I tried.
But it seems like Christianity always has an answer to those important life questions… and my alternative worldview does not.
I have become like the man who said, “Where else can we go? You are the source of life.”
But I was right! It truly is impossible…
The Christian life and ministry are not difficult.
They’re impossible.
They are supernatural life and ministry.
And you cannot live a supernatural life, you cannot engage in a supernatural ministry by natural means alone.
Everything coming from God, NOTHING from you and me is the secret to Christian life and ministry. Watch the danger of a misplaced confidence!
— Dr. Howard Hendricks
Tsk tsk!
It is impossible.
