“Get Real”
“All I do ought to be founded on a perfect oneness with Him (God), not on self-willed determination to be godly. (Oswald Chambers)
I read that sentence this morning and it got me thinking. There comes a time in our spiritual walk where we can no longer “play” church but must start being the church. We must stop simply showing up on Sunday so those around us can see us as godly and start showing up to hear from God. Difficult times are coming, for some they are already showing up in the form of bills piling up on the counter as the bank statements dwindle.
The world we live in needs a church in action not a club concerned with appearance and marketability. The current climate will squeeze us hard to see what we are made of. Life in these United States may not ever be the same and we, the church, need to get our head out of the sand and serve people where they are right now.
As the church, the vice grips will tighten so the surface things (Dross) can raise to the top be scraped off (that part hurts) and the task of true, authentic refinement can happen. When we get serious about serving God first and others second, this process can start to happen. We must serve God first, our fellow man/woman, second and our organizations last.
How much of what we do to be Christian is truly based on perfect oneness with God and how much is based on trying to be godly? There’s a huge difference and our culture can smell it a mile away and so can the person sitting in the pew, next to you.
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Maybe, that is why they are called “pews”!!! Marianne
I couldn’t agree more. I’m glad you caught that one.
This is a quote from a book called “Soul Cravings”:
Jesus is telling us that without love, without genuine belonging, without the power of authentic community, no one should believe we have come to know God.
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