Greater works

Today's card reading is about doing as great works as Jesus!

I have always appreciated this teaching: I love anything that tells me how great I can be! And all I have to do is believe that Christ will save me - I don't even have to fully understand, I just have to accept his peace :) "Lord, I believe - help me with my disbelief!" (Mark 9.24). How reassuring it is to know that while I am given the encouragement to be perfect as God is perfect (Matthew 5.48), I don't have to have it all figured out.

We can overcome the obstacle of living in our imperfections, "missing the mark" (1 Timothy 6:20-1), and feel sure that we are still fit to reach countless people - "greater" (more than) who Jesus sought after when he was on Earth (Matthew 15.24). And all we need is to have the trust and faith that we will be carried through to the end (2 Timothy 4.7).

When we keep the faith, when we persevere through our shortcomings, when we lose confidence in self and gain confidence in God, thereby not allowing others to hinder us, we perform great works - we convict and save lives (Matthew 18.18). What greater power in the world is there than that?