Many years ago I read a book called "The Peter Principle". The principle that had been discovered by a researcher was that good employees will be eventually be offered a promotion beyond their level of competence.
The person who discovered this principle counseled people to know their level of competence and never let the boss promote them beyond it. If they were promoted beyond their competence then very soon the boss would be wanting to get rid of them due to unfulfilled expectations and incompetence.
In any relationship it is critical to know what the expectations and competences are on both sides. If the expectations are clear and the competence is there, then there is great hope for satisfaction for all involved.
Now think of expectations and competence on a universal scale. Jesus among us is God letting us know what he expects of humanity and Jesus is the kind of competent human being with whom God will become one. Anything short of Jesus is just not acceptable for God. No Jesus equals no relationship with God.
Jesus is also the kind of human being we must want to become for this relationship to work.. Seeing Jesus' love in action we need to say say clearly that this is the kind of human being we long to be and can become. Somehow we must believe we can be made as competent as Jesus was as a human being.
So, from the Divine side Jesus is God's expectation and from the human side Jesus is our expectation. If we cannot become like Jesus the relationship will not work. If we do not want to be like Jesus and cannot become like Jesus the relationship will not work.
So, Jesus is the key to everything. In Jesus God gets what He expects and wants and we get what we expect and want. Jesus makes this a win/win for all involved.
Jesus is the perfection God demands of us and Jesus is the perfection that will make us competent humans like Him. Unlike any other relationship that has ever happened before, God met all the expectations in advance for both sides in Jesus and He invites us to come into the relationship through the door of fulfilled expectations and competence named Jesus.
On a universal scale the Peter principle is completely overcome in Jesus. God's expectaions are perfectly met and we will become competent human beings like Jesus.
This is very, very, very exciting indeed!
The person who discovered this principle counseled people to know their level of competence and never let the boss promote them beyond it. If they were promoted beyond their competence then very soon the boss would be wanting to get rid of them due to unfulfilled expectations and incompetence.
In any relationship it is critical to know what the expectations and competences are on both sides. If the expectations are clear and the competence is there, then there is great hope for satisfaction for all involved.
Now think of expectations and competence on a universal scale. Jesus among us is God letting us know what he expects of humanity and Jesus is the kind of competent human being with whom God will become one. Anything short of Jesus is just not acceptable for God. No Jesus equals no relationship with God.
Jesus is also the kind of human being we must want to become for this relationship to work.. Seeing Jesus' love in action we need to say say clearly that this is the kind of human being we long to be and can become. Somehow we must believe we can be made as competent as Jesus was as a human being.
So, from the Divine side Jesus is God's expectation and from the human side Jesus is our expectation. If we cannot become like Jesus the relationship will not work. If we do not want to be like Jesus and cannot become like Jesus the relationship will not work.
So, Jesus is the key to everything. In Jesus God gets what He expects and wants and we get what we expect and want. Jesus makes this a win/win for all involved.
Jesus is the perfection God demands of us and Jesus is the perfection that will make us competent humans like Him. Unlike any other relationship that has ever happened before, God met all the expectations in advance for both sides in Jesus and He invites us to come into the relationship through the door of fulfilled expectations and competence named Jesus.
On a universal scale the Peter principle is completely overcome in Jesus. God's expectaions are perfectly met and we will become competent human beings like Jesus.
This is very, very, very exciting indeed!
Romans 8:1 "There is, therefore, no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus"
John 1:10-11 "He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
Bud McCord
Abide International
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