Constant companions come into our lives and assume their place of influence and help in time of need. They are also there to celebrate the goodness of God and the failures we will fall into. CC's don't come and go. They simply "come" and then stay. Some of our interactions with CC's is on a daily basis while with others is every few years or in Christmas cards! These are the people we know have our back. These are the people who will drop everything to be there with us either spiritually or physically. Jesus should be able to see us as his CC's here in the world. Jesus should be our first CC and primary CC as we go through life. Putting our faith in Jesus is often difficult when we think we can find a way or think that there is no way. CC's can see our life from the outside in. They know much about us and what is going on with us without having to ask a thousand questions. Their advice is taken without resentment and often without question.
The basis of our lives should be centered on our faith in Jesus and his power to save us. After we find ourselves bathed in the grace of God there is or should be little need for anything else. So, why don't we live like that? Why do we struggle and plead and grow frustrated with people or the world we live in? God wants to bless us. It's that simple. We needn't make it any more difficult than that one sentence. God wants to bless us. He wants to bless us with eternal life. He wants to bless us by meeting all of our needs. He wants to bless us with others whom he has loved and blessed. The body of believers should be a blessing. If it's not, you are in the wrong body of believers. When was the last time that you truly felt blessed? Was it with a sermon, service rendered, children reaching milestones, friends engaging you or many other ways of feeling and being blessed? If we look for the extra ordinary to take place in our world, we often miss the ordinary.
That's where the CC comes in. The place we put our CC in our life belies our trust in them. Do we trust Jesus for this but not for that? Does our earthly CC have access to our life or are our lives only open to others when we feel right? Being able to have a CC in our lives should help us to do what is necessary to keep and grow that relationship. When we know we can put all of our life in the hands that seek to serve us without hesitation or holding back, we know that a threshold has been crossed. While the CC has been elevated, Jesus has been elevated even more so. He is the example of what a CC looks like. Jesus was so invested in me and a relationship with me that he surrendered his life so that I could have one. How do I value that sacrifice? Do I hold Jesus and other CC's in a place of reverence? Do I think, say and do life in such a way that Jesus and my CC's are not offended?
IF we were to look for the instructions of life in Jesus only how different our lives would be. Should we actually surrender our dead life to Jesus in exchange for the living life only he can give, we can then give it away to others. That's what a CC does...gives away the life they have. Yet their lives don't cease to exist. Why? Because the more of Jesus we give away to others; the more Jesus fills us up with him to be given away. Paul says he pours out his life so that Jesus may be glorified in the life that has been given to him. Do we do the same? Does Jesus feel valued by you and I? That's the hundred thousand dollar question. Do we?
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