So, life has been crazy for the past month. I know I haven’t really updated this blog since Seattle but I was, in a sense, touring the United States. It was a really encouraging month nonetheless. I visited a few churches around the country including Mars Hill and Southeast Christian. I also got to see what God is doing in individual lives and it is awesome to see the younger church being built upon a foundation of Truth and rejecting postmodernism. My church, NewLife, has been going through an apologetics course (being able to defend and share your faith with others). What’s been amazing with that is I’ve learned how to counter the lies and propaganda of the world with Scripture. I mentioned needing to “grow up” in my last post and I’ve already experienced a ton of growing up. There’s a lot more needed but it’s definitely a good start. I also have no updates on Seattle at this point. NewLife is still waiting on confirmation from God with the plant idea and I’m still waiting for a good reason not to go. With that said (and if you’re still reading after all that) I want to talk about something more specific I’ve learned:
I recently finished “Crazy Love” by Francis Chan. I highly recommend this book especially if you aren’t sure you are in love with God or you feel your relationship with Him has gone lukewarm. In the book Chan talks about how living boldly for Christ isn’t so crazy after all. Jesus tells us to love God with everything we have and on top of that love our neighbors, enemies, coworkers, classmates, etc… We also can’t let things get in the way of God and us. Perhaps it’s the American Dream with the house, car, wife, and kids (and the high paying job to make that all possible)… what if God wanted you to drop everything you have right now and just start walking somewhere? Would you do it? What if God told you to get a one way plane ticket to the destination of His choosing… would you do it? What if God said I want you to get a smaller house… or I want you to give away more of your income so that you’re living at the median income range of your neighborhood? Would you do it? There will most definitely be people telling you that it’s not responsible to do that and that it is unwise and they might even tell you that God wouldn’t want you to give that stuff up… DO NOT LISTEN TO THE LIES! Show me somewhere in the New Testament where God gives His followers the easy, calm, rich life! Jesus’ followers either dropped everything to follow Him or they stayed behind. I’m not saying that all of you will have to give up every little thing but the real question is: could you even do it if God wanted you to?
I’m not sure if I even could but that’s where the growing up part comes in. We all have a choice: either submit to God’s will or live as rebels. Once you choose God’s will He calls the shots, not you. What do you choose? I hope this blog helped someone out there… if it did or if you have questions just comment on this and hopefully we can have a discussion. Thanks for reading!
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