Take a look at the world around you. What do you see? It's all typical, ordinary, acceptable, normal stuff - right? We just all seem to keep doing what we do to make it from today to tomorrow. What if everything is not alright? What if the things we find acceptable are not acceptable to God?
We can't continue ignoring what God has called us to by keeping one foot in the world and the other in Scripture. What happens when we give up the things that pull us away from the life God created us for and submit our lives to Him? If we have the courage to call ourselves 'Christian' can we continue to live according to what the world finds 'normal'? We can no longer remain lukewarm. We can no longer acquiesce. It is time to look at the world and see the gaps forming in Body of Christ. It is time to look at ourselves - our justifications, our reasons, and our frailty. It is time to admit that we are inadequate to the tasks at hand but we are no longer going to sit by and watch the next generation walk into the jaws of death. God is the strong God of heaven and earth - the Creator of all things. Jesus Christ - the Son of God, true God and true man - lived, died, and rose from the dead so that we may have life and have it abundantly. His Spirit resides within those who believe in Him. God is more than enough to handle the task at hand and He will overcome your weakness. God has called His people to reach out to the lost, the hurt, and the dying. We have been called to stand in the gap and say, "No further!"
We serve the Almighty God. There is nowhere you can go where He is not. There is no one you can meet that He did not make and does not love. He is so much bigger than we ever realize and it will take more than an eternity to learn all there is to know about Him. Will you stand in faith? Will you answer His call in your life? Are you willing to stand in the gap and hold out the life He has placed in you to a lost world? Will you give up preaching and begin showing? Will you stop telling and start living? Will you be who you were called to be - without reservation?
"He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God."
Micah 6:8 NIV
It's your choice. Answer the call.
