I don't want to be safe and comfortable. I don't want to just sit in my room and study my Bible. I don't want to just go to church on Sundays, Bible study on Tuesdays, Theology class on Thursdays and game night on Saturdays. I don't want to have a routine that is so regimented that I'm bothered when it gets interrupted. I don't want to go to bed early and wake up late.
I want to be spent for Jesus. I want to go all out. I want to love recklessly. I want to depend on the Spirit and not my own strength. I want to go to bed late and wake up early because I'm too busy doing Kingdom work and being enveloped in the presence of my God.
I want to step out of the boat and expect that when my feet hit the water I won't sink because my eyes are on Jesus.
I want great faith because I serve a great God. I want His name to be made great! And I want it now!
Look...we have been risen from the grave (those of us who are in Christ)! We have already died with Christ and will live eternally with Him (Col. 3), so we have nothing to fear in this life. We were dead but now we are made alive together with Christ (Eph 2). Christ has conquered the world!
Why in the world are we so afraid then?! Afraid of stepping out of our comfort zones and giving our monthly income to orphans and widows...afraid of living with community and serving one another selflessly...afraid of sharing the gospel with a stranger in public when the Spirit says "GO!"...afraid of what others might think when we speak like crazy people about our love for God...afraid of articulating our thoughts and being honest about our sin...afraid of messing up.
We need to get over ourselves! I would say "I" instead of "we", but I just know that I'm not the only one struggling with this and longing for so much more. I know that as Christians, we were made "that [we] may proclaim the excellencies of him who called [us] out of darkness into his marvelous light." (1 Peter 2:9) We were not made to be silent and comfortable and hidden.
Dear Brother or Sister, wake up! Let us ask God for great things! Let us ask for miracles. And let us trust that He will hear His children and answer. Expect great things when you ask a great God for His great will to be done in the name of His great Son!
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Amen sister!
This reminds me of this article by Shaun Groves. The extraordinary is normal for Christians.
Wow this is so inspirational! I was reading your profile and it is so good to know there are other young people who recognize especially in this hour, how important it is to seek God's kingdom first and foremost. God is taking me on the spiritual journey of a lifetime and I am so excited! God needs sojourners like us to spread the Gospel so I encourage you to press toward the mark!
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