God meant for His children to succeed. God stated
unapologetically in Joshua 1:8 that conditions exist under which “then you will
make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.” (NASB)
The only way we are going to impact the world and the
next generation is to prove that our faith in Christ is real and that it works.
The gap between our theology and our reality is so wide
we’ve set ourselves up for ridicule. The sad part of it is that some of us are
working pretty hard at something that is hardly working. Why do we spend so
much time and energy on spiritual exercises with few effects while the rest of
the world sleeps in on Sundays? Why are some of us getting up before dawn to
have a quiet time with effects drained to the dregs by noon. Why are we running
out of ink in our highlighters marking Scriptures that rarely jump off the page
and onto the pavement? Why are we doing everything we can to convince others to
do something that hasn’t worked terrifically well for use? Why don’t some of us
admit that for all practical purposes the present belief system of most
Christian’s isn’t’ working?
The primary reason God left us on earth after our
salvation was for our Christianity to “succeed” right here on this turf. We’re
getting by, but getting by was never our destiny. Why have we accepted average?
Are the few effects most of us see and experience all Christianity has to
offer? Is this it? All we can expect? If so, someone out there needs to feel
sorry for us.
Our status-quo system of contemporary Christianity isn’t
working, and I’m bucking it – I’m no longer buying it. Some of us no longer
want to play like the emperor has new clothes when he’s walking around naked as a jaybird.
For the most part we’ve dumbed-down New Testament Christianity
and accepted our reality as theology rather than biblical theology as our
reality. We’ve reversed the standard, walking by sight and not by faith. We
want to be the best of what we see, but frankly what we see if far removed from
God’s best.
Wisdom and folly both want to control our lives, and we
have to make a choice which one will.
Be
blessed and be a blessing!
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