It is okay not to be okay— but it’s not okay to stay there. (Matt Chandler)

Earlier this week, Justin Taylor posted some great Matt Chandler quotes from a sermon link:

‘It’s okay not to be okay—but it’s not okay to stay there.’

‘If you create an environment where it’s okay not to be okay, you create an environment where the gospel is breathed in and out constantly. . . We want to constantly drive people back to the cross.

You come in feeling ashamed, you’re feeling dirty, you’re feeling overwhelmed? [God] knows! The whole point of the cross is you being where you are right now—so that you wouldn’t have to be there tomorrow if you submit your heart and life to the sovereign God. So it creates an environment where it’s okay to struggle.’

Watch the entire sermon here.