Are you serious?

Sometimes I think about the state of Christianity in the
West.  Actually, I think about it a
lot.  I may step on some toes, but I want
us to take a personal accounting.  I get upset
when Christians refuse to grow.  We actually
feel we are OK
Recently I was listening to a show where a former terrorist who
became a Christian, was talking about his faith in Christ.  He had become a Christian!  His face was concealed because he could be
killed if he were recognized.  Do you
understand the risk? They concealed his face because he could be killed! 
In the meantime, we continue to sit in our comfortable pews Sunday
after Sunday, and we do not change.  We
continue to keep ugliness, resentment, even hate, in our hearts.  We gossip, we start rumors, and we jostle for
church position. All of this as we listen to the pastor tell us how a
relationship with Christ is so important.  Seemingly not connecting the dots. 
There are Christian missionaries around the world, in very
dangerous places, with their lives on the line daily.  Some of them are in jails around the world.  But we’re ok with straddling the fence,
fitting in, jumping on bandwagons we have no business being on; only calling on
God when we find ourselves in an emergency situation. 
How does God feel about this?  We will have to make a decision.  Not just an in the moment, sitting in the church
pew decision, although that’s a start.  But
a decision where we ask God to forgive us. 
A decision where we tell him we believe and trust in him, and that we
want to grow in him.  We can continue
trying to fool ourselves that we are OK, because we live in a Christian nation
with the greatest military on earth.  But
none of that means anything, if we the Christians, are not praying for our
country.  It means nothing if we are not
praying for our military.  It means
nothing if we refuse to grow in relationship with Christ.  It means nothing if we pray only when we have
to.  And it means nothing if we
continually straddle the fence. 

There is no earthly relationship where we can straddle the
fence, reach out to the other person only when we need something; or just to use
that person.  How long would such a relationship
last before the other person asked us for an accounting, or just ended the ‘relationship’?
I have one question: Are you serious?

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