It’s the easiest kind of powerless, feeble living to fall into. It has no nerve, no spirit, no backbone…no adventure. It’s called, consumer Christianity…always taking but rarely giving.
CC takes the guts out of meaningful living because the true meaning of life, according to Jesus, is to totally and fully give ourselves to His will while we’re still sucking air. We were meant to give our very lives away for the sake of pointing others to Him. Ugh. I don’t think I’m doing so well.
So, today, I began asking myself a different kind of question. “What Does God Expect Of Me?” Is my Christianity just about going to church on Sunday, praying for others, reading the Bible, and steering clear of the biggest kinds of sins—or does God have a bigger, better, more grandiose plan?
Isn’t it true what Jesus really intended for us is to have a mindset, a philosophy of life, which routinely practices making godly differences in the lives of others [near-and-far] with the investment of our resources—our time, our talk, our money, and our abilities?
Sometimes, maybe too much of the time, I get caught up in the busyness of my own life and forget the more significant things I should be practicing. Yes, I love God and yes, I’m serving Him; but I wonder if I could be serving Him better by thinking more about what He expects from me right now! Today and tomorrow too.
Maybe the time is ripe for you to consider the way you’re spending your time, money, and abilities as well. Maybe, when you go to bed tonight, God will have you think and stare at the ceiling wondering what you’re really missing by living the powerless consumer Christian lifestyle.
If you’ve been noticing an empty feeling or a void in your soul; do what I’m doing. Ask Him what He wants you to do and then press toward it. That’s when the adventurous life really begins.
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