Some days, I really feel like the rich man; putting on a good show, doing all the right things on the list...but my heart still holds onto it's idols, money just being one of many.
But there it is, right there on the page. When push comes to shove and the time comes to do as you say you believe, what is the state of your heart? Can you expel the other false idols of your heart?
If God told me to sell everything, move the family to Kenya and spread the good news, could I?
Karen and I used to attend another church where the elders and pastors were all these amazing young folks who went to schools like Berkley and Harvard. They were doctors and MBA's and, here is the amazing part (to me): They started churches by just praying about it and then moving to cities all over the US (and other places too, like Uzbekistan) and taking whatever jobs in those cities to obey what God convicted them to do. The jobs, opportunities, their families: all of that was a distant secondary concern to obedience to God's word.
I was, and still am, so envious of those that have faith so strong.
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