Author Archives: Chris High

I was struck today by these two passages in Galatians.  Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people but of God. If pleasing people were my goal I would not be Christ’s servant.  As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of thatContinue reading “Interest”

There is no good connotation to servants. When I hear that I’m a servant it is naturally discouraging. The first words that come to mind are duty and expectation. It’s not exactly something I long for or something that excites me.  So, when I hear someone tell me I’m a servant of Christ I have conflictingContinue reading “Servants”

In my experience most of us are running from something. We’re running from failure so we have to succeed. We’re running from stress so we overindulge. We’re running from pain so we simply don’t stop moving. We’re running. The message of Jesus Christ is a message that moves us from running from something to beingContinue reading “Running”

I was reminded this past week of my audience. It’s something that God has to bring me back to over and over again. You see I speak to many but I speak for one. In the end I have an audience of one. We all do.  No matter who you serve or how serve, whereContinue reading “Audience”

I’ve been working my way through Job over the past two days, and I’m amazed at how the oldest book in the Bible can be so relevant to our lives today. Let me give you three simple things you learn from Job.  When your friend is going through pain don’t assume you know why. YouContinue reading “Listen”

Technically there seems to be very little difference between the words trust and believe. Their definitions are almost identical in meaning and yet as they are used in relation to God, they seem to carry very different weights. I don’t find this difference biblically but I do find it in my interactions with people attempting to followContinue reading “Believe Him”

The best piece of advice I ever received from my father was simply Don’t take yourself too seriously, and take God very seriously.  If you process that you’ll realize that there are some drastic implications to that statement for your everyday life.  You won’t spend as much time working on things and you’ll spend more time prayingContinue reading “Serious”

It really is rare to have a person in your life who can challenge you on anything, in a way that pushes you to have conversations that make you both better.  The trust that goes into an iron sharpening relationship is fairly extreme.  You have to trust that no matter what you hear from thatContinue reading “Iron”

I was reminded this morning that God doesn’t always use us as we would expect. As a pastor, I’ve taken various shape and personality tests. I’ve listened to countless conversations on discovering how you were designed and how that should guide you as you seek to serve. I’ve experienced great things with this and I’veContinue reading “Sweet Spot”

Summer time is always interesting for people spiritually. Our natural tendency during the summer is to take a break from anything and everything. It’s necessary, and yet at the same time it can be devastating spiritually. It doesn’t have to be.  It’s important that you take time during the summer to get away. It’s importantContinue reading “Staying Close”