When comfort collides
The evangelists of the world’s system say:
Be happy and pursue it. It’s a mantra of self-fulfillment.
We are preached to a doctrine of health, wealth, be happy, amass, accrue, and hang out with other people who do.
We are told to buy some land, build the house, get the good car, have 2.2 children, keep adding on, making improvements, good schools, and the like.
Marriage gets rocky – sounds unfulfilling – so bail.
Don’t like your job – quit.
Sex – don’t wait for marriage – that’s not self-fulfilling.
Inconvenient pregnancy – abort.
As a preacher, I find it fascinating that the world’s system bombards even ministers and the church with this message: “Don’t be preachy.”
The system of the world is crumbling and the blind guides tell those who know the truth to tone it down.
It’s time for Christ followers to fully go on mission. “Follow me – and I will make you fishers of men…”
What if God has a dream and a plan for you? Would His plan – in your mind – derail your comfort, your self-fulfillment, your dreams, if you truly denied self and fully followed?
Are you willing to lay it down and follow? I ask the same question of you that I asked 3 weeks ago, “When was the last time you made a self-denying, painful sacrifice for the Lord? “
Looking forward to what God has in store for us this Sunday.
See you then - Scott
Friday, February 3, 2012
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