[Discoveries] 04-12-07 The oxygen mask principle

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach 
good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the 
prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, 
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." -- Luke 4:18-19*/

Those of you who fly frequently can probably recite this from memory: 
"If we should experience a sudden loss of cabin pressure, an oxygen mask 
will appear ... please secure your own mask before assisting any 
children who might be with you."

At our house we call this the "oxygen mask principle." You have to be 
able to breathe before you can help someone else breathe.

If we are going to bring Christ's healing and freedom to our world, we 
must experience it ourselves. Christ must do a deeper work in us before 
we can bring a deeper message to our world. Or, as some put it: You must 
be before you can do.

This is a very different message than "try harder." Instead, this is the 
message that says we stop going into denial about our own woundedness, 
that we too have been damaged, that every layer of our soul needs a 
Savior. It is not just the part of us that sinned that needs Christ; it 
is also the part of us that was sinned against that needs Him.

Be encouraged!
Dwight


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