Safety
I’m sitting here this morning thinking about the men who shaped the first movement of Christianity in the book of Acts. I can’t help but ask myself the question, “Am I living dangerously for the Kingdom of God?” In fact, am I actually ushering in the Kingdom at all? Or am I just going over the playbook and doing my spiritual exercises….I wonder.
For some of these guys in Acts it cost them everything. It cost them comfort, convenience, and ultimately their lives. They weren’t complacent, they maximized every opportunity. They were on a course marked out for them, and they were determined to spread the good news.
I’m on a course, as we all are, that has been marked out for us. I wonder if I’m running the course or struggling to crawl at times. Am I making the mileage splits that God had purposed for me? The thing with mileage splits when you’re running is you’re always pushing the envelope to beat the last one. Am I moving forward, picking up momentum, or am I living like a safe Christian.
I have a some mates down under who wrote a great song declaring what we should all be…what the men of Acts were doing, and what we’re called to be today in our worlds.
If people are questioning you…If you feel like it’s a climb up Mt. Saint Helens…if it’s hard and costly…if it feels like everything is working against you…if you are being stretched…if you’re outside your comfort zone….then, i believe that is truly when we are loving wrecklessy…that’s when we are living dangerously for the Kingdom cause. That’s when God shows up big time, so the world can’t deny His had is all over it.
That’s how massive moves of God marked the old and new testaments. That is what I pray we can see today in our world. We need it, and it all starts with each one of us living the gospel of love. Love is dangerous.
Live Your Worship,
~Chris
