The Divine Undoing
Can you say, “Facepalm!”
I spent a couple hours separating photographs into piles and then took a break, only to return and find that someone had packed them all back in the box for me. “Facepalm.”
On another day, I separated the whites from the colors and when I come back after lunch to start the laundry, the machine was already going. Someone had thrown both piles in together to help me out. “Facepalm.”
As in the above examples, have you intentionally undone or taken apart something and someone glued or put it back together? Sounds dumb, but it happens, right?
Let’s elevate this concept out of the trivial and into the crucial. God placed us on Earth to have dominion and multiply His kingdom. He won’t do this work for us, but He did send His Son to reboot the system and restore us to our rightful place as His ambassadors.
“…For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the works of the devil,” 1 John 3:8b.
Other versions say “destroy” or “break up.”
How often do I re-create what Jesus intentionally undid?
The works of the devil are defined as sin. So if I voice my hatred on social media, am I in essence “putting back together” the works Jesus undid to save all of humanity?
If I lie to a friend or gossip with best of ’em in the break room, am I reconstructing the work my Savior undid on the cross? Is murdering someone’s character on Facebook the same as empowering the enemy Christ has disarmed?
Maybe a better way to ask this is, each time I act on a thought that I know is sinful, am I re-enacting the desires of the devil—to steal, kill, and destroy? I don’t wanna go there!
A facepalm clearly downplays this injustice against the Lord’s purpose. It’s more like bury your face in your hands and shed tears if you feel the weightiness of “Christians” who undermine the divine Undoing and cause delay. (God shall still accomplish His perfect will through His faithful remnant, despite our rebellion.)
ONE reason I love the adventure of being an apprentice of Jesus Christ: He gives every follower His authority to enforce what He permanently undid on the cross:
“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.,”
Matthew 18:18, 16:19, emphasized.
To loose in this verse and to undo in 1 John are the same Greek word. To break up, dissolve, destroy, loose, and annul. Read it for yourself at BibleHub
We have the privilege of undoing (evil), just as He undid!
Where two or more gather in Christ to bind and loose, they will effectively turn families around, shift the direction of nations, and ultimately change the world. But first, we must commit to fully understanding and embracing the Divine Undoing.
Make a change. Join the adventure! Undo with purpose.
Sowing Seeds of Bravery for the Undoing
