Convicted

I don't want to write this post. I don't want to put it out here for others to read; to look at me and expect something. This makes me squirm, pull at my collar and avert my eyes. It makes me own my failures, and admit that this is speaking to me.

I know all of this. God keeps reinforcing it through various ways. So I'm telling you, watch this video and read the following words at your own risk. Maybe for you, there will be complete peace. For me, I need to ask for forgiveness and to make a change.



In Mark Batterson's book, Primal A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity, he says, "Christianity was never intended to be a noun. And when we turn it into a noun, it becomes a turnoff. Christianity was always intended to be a verb. We've got to act on God ideas. We've got to obey the promptings of the Holy Spirit. We've got to seize opportunities to serve. Talk is cheap and we have cheapened the gospel long enough. At the end of the day, God isn't going to say, 'Well said good and faithful servant.' There is only one recommendation when everything is said and done: 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' God doesn't reward what we know. He doesn't reward what we say. He rewards the expenditure of energy....I wonder if we're so afraid of doing the wrong thing that we never do the right thing."

I admit that for me, this stings. It convicts. I know I need to "expend" some energy on behalf of the Kingdom. I also know it's not going to be easy.