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Last weekend we did one of those free health check-ups at a
local pharmacy. We went from station to
station, various nurses taking our vitals and writing them down on a piece of paper.
Height. Weight. Pulse. Blood pressure. Glucose. Cholesterol.
When probed to give us feedback about what all those numbers
mean and how they reflect our overall health, each one without exception refused. .
Around the corner, at
the end, there is doctor waiting for you. He will interpret the results, they said
with a smile, and then turned to the next customer.
This used to frustrate me to no end. But today it finally
dawned on me! I should admire these
well-trained nurses and learn from them - for they know what their job is and
what it is not. Not one of them would dream
of interpreting the results of tests any more than they would of prescribing what
they deem might be an appropriate course of treatment.
If they did this, they could lose their job!
They know that this is the doctor’s domain and his alone.
The wise nurses know what I often forget. I may have a small part in the health-assessment
line, but my job is neither diagnosis nor treatment of the various soul-diseases
that plague all of us.
This is Jesus’ job and His alone. For He is the only one who
is both knowledgeable as well as fully qualified to interpret the
vital signs of a person’s life and prescribe the appropriate treatment.
My job? Point those
who come to me for their health check-up to the Doctor patiently waiting around the
corner who will know exactly what to do.
For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given
all judgment to the Son John 5:22
For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize
with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet
without sin. Therefore let us draw near
with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find
grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:15-16
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