Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Crazy Love Discipleship CLass

Chapter 4 was an eye opening, true test of our commitment to Christ. I think we've often thought of "luke warm" people as those who are morally good people but have no relationship with Jesus. In other words, people who are straddling the fence. But, what do we see when we examine our day to day walk with Christ? Is it full steam ahead or apprehensive? Is it on fire or halfhearted? Is it focused or distracted? Is it... luke warm? We learned that the ugly truth of the matter is that much of our Christian walk doesn't differ very much from nonbelievers. That our Christ likeness is not very Christ like. The Bible says that Jesus is the standard in which we are to live, yet we are content with comparing ourselves to others. The Bible says to take up our cross and follow Jesus, but we're more concerned with playing it safe. The Bible says to give to those in need, but far too often we ask "How much do I have to give?" instead of "How much can I give?" The Bible says to love God with all your heart, sole, mind and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself, but we limit how far we'll go and how much time, money and energy we're willing to spend. 
I'm afraid this "luke warmness" has become epidemic in our churches, but it doesn't have to be. It would do us all good to remember, especially myself, that God is for us and we are never out of His reach. He is in control and has only our best interest at heart. We can trust that if God brings us to it, He will bring us through it. Let us be bold!

Jay  

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