Today's church(myself included)sadly seems to have been filled with 3rd party passion,automatons,and safety. We as churchgoers hear the stories of the missionaries, the radical life changes, and what a relationship with Jesus Christ is like and we take that and live through it never once experiencing a first hand experience of who Jesus truly is.
Our lives are consumed by safety and as a result we are put on the sidelines, yet we still expect to be used for Gods purpose. When we live safe our lives immediately become about us and not Him. We pray as a church that God would make our lives more about Him but we get real uncomfortable when He makes our lives unlivable without Him. How literal do you take what Jesus said?What if Jesus meant every word that He said?(which I'm about 100% sure He did).Would it mean you have to change the way you live your life, the people you hang out with, the way you interact with others?
I have been stuck in this mindset of safety but safety is not something Jesus Christ called us too. Throughout the gospels Jesus proclaims self sacrifice He says, "Ok you want this life to be about me, you want to see miracles, you want people to recognize that I am apart of your life? It might cost you a little bit". Matthew 10:38-39 expresses this very statement, "And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it".
Mark Batterson says, "Passionate Christians are strange creatures because they thrive in the toughest circumstances because they know the impossible odds set the stage for amazing miracles". Are you ready for this life? In order for you to live a life that takes risk you have to know the risk taker. You can't live this life without knowing Jesus, the great thing is He wants to know you! Christ is calling you out of the 3rd person passion and into a first hand experience with Him. Lets start the process together! Be Different.
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