Being and Doing

 

 

No cart before the horse

Let us get it right,

The chicken before the egg

Was God’s delight.

 

He created the chicken

Then all the eggs followed,

In my limited understanding

This is easy to swallow.

 

No cart before the horse

Let’s also get this right,

Being what God wants of us

Is not by our might.

 

It is critically pertinent

That we understand this,

Not to fathom this injunction

Is to take undue risks.

 

 

The born-again believer

Does because he be,

Having the indwelling Christ

Is his reality.

 

A born-again believer is

And because he is he does,

It’s not the other way around

As some misjudge.

 

Plum trees bear plums

For only one reason,

It’s because they are plum trees

Whatever the season.

 

 

Known by their fruit

Just like any other fruit tree

But not based on what they bear

But what they be.

 

Source before produce

The tree before the fruit,

Jesus Christ is the spiritual vine-

All in Christ are shoots.

 

Lord, Lord, some will plea

Their many good works

But lacking the "being in Christ"

Will bring eternal hurt.

 

We do not do to be

But we be to do what we do,

It is possessor or professor!

Which one are you?

 

I sought to present this

In a discussion recently,

Doing looks better than being

But it is far better to be.

 

 

Some set store by doing

And by their religiosity,

One biblical example of such

Was the Pharisee.

 

We cannot do a Christian

We can only be one

Hence, Jesus told Nicodemus

He must be reborn.

 

None of us is worthy,

For sure, not by what we do

But our worth is in Jesus Christ,

That’s who!

 

Stewart Russell © January 14, 2024