What has become of the church? We have become the quivering, no trembling, apologists of our day. We hide and apologize what we believe all in the name of "politeness". We reject the idea of being persecuted in the church of America. We don't want to offend anyone, we don't want anyone to get angry, or actually feel remorse because of the sin they are in. Our Lord was stricken and beaten, torn and gashed, and nailed to a tree and we can't handle offending someone? We only seem to care about the opinion of everyone who doesn't matter. We are trying to please everyone but our God it seems.
We have lost our Voice. We have stopped being conduits for God. We are saying everything but what the Lord tells us. It is time for us to get our Voice back. To speak for what our God says and not care about the consequences. If we truly moving in the Spirit then it won't be our words that are being spoken but God's and his can truly make a difference. It is not us but him. But we have to take the first step by speaking the Truth and the whole Truth.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Faith
Throughout the history of the Earth there never was a people who did not seek a higher power. Every scattered tribe from the deepest recesses of the Amazon to the blazing plains of the Serengeti had a God or gods to whom they revered. This cannot be some cosmic coincidence of astronomical proportions? Can it?
There must be some reason man has looked up into the sky and wondered why it was all there? There must be some reason that every civilasation in the world has prayed and worshiped to something. The one thing that unites every person in the history of mankind is religion. This deep seated longing for something more, to fill a void in their soul.
Why is this? Is it some chemical imbalance in our brain, or is it something we imagine to our fear of the unknown at bay as some postulate?
Or is it because we were created incomplete? That we need something more than what is around us. The evidence is all around us. And the answer is simple as most profound things are.
Yes. We were created to worship the one and only God. The Living God. The Father. The Son. The Holy Spirit. The Trinity. The God of love, mercy, kindness, holiness, grace, joy, and justice. A God that weeps as he sees his children murder one another. A God that loves everyone, from the newborn babe to the unrepentant murder. He loves us all equally, unequivocally, and unconditionally. His grace and mercy know no bounds.
There is a reason for that emptiness inside of you.
That reason is to be filled with his love, and worship him.
There must be some reason man has looked up into the sky and wondered why it was all there? There must be some reason that every civilasation in the world has prayed and worshiped to something. The one thing that unites every person in the history of mankind is religion. This deep seated longing for something more, to fill a void in their soul.
Why is this? Is it some chemical imbalance in our brain, or is it something we imagine to our fear of the unknown at bay as some postulate?
Or is it because we were created incomplete? That we need something more than what is around us. The evidence is all around us. And the answer is simple as most profound things are.
Yes. We were created to worship the one and only God. The Living God. The Father. The Son. The Holy Spirit. The Trinity. The God of love, mercy, kindness, holiness, grace, joy, and justice. A God that weeps as he sees his children murder one another. A God that loves everyone, from the newborn babe to the unrepentant murder. He loves us all equally, unequivocally, and unconditionally. His grace and mercy know no bounds.
There is a reason for that emptiness inside of you.
That reason is to be filled with his love, and worship him.
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