Avoiding Comfort Christianity!

 Today's Verses: Isaiah 58:9-12, 2 Timothy 2:1-2

   The passage for today describes a believer taking the "yoke" and burdens of life, and casting them aside. Now in addition, the judgments and wickedness will also be cast away in a way of humbling ourselves.

   As we are more honest and humble with ourselves, we can honestly pour ourselves into discipling others. This holds true with all areas of life, and as v. 10 describes, "if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday sun." 

    No where in this passage is the believer described as comfortable, instead the writer describes them out of their comfort zone feeding the hungry and satisfying the afflicted. This process of becoming uncomfortable starts with v. 9a., "then you shall call, and the Lord will answer, you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.'..." This whole process of staying uncomfortable and concerned occurs by staying humble and honest, while responding to God's direction in our lives.

2 Timothy 2:1-2  "You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. ² And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others."

In addition, both of these passages describe what the true heart of growth in Christianity is. If we humble and free ourselves from the pain and sin of the past, we need to pour our lives into the people around us as a result. Mentoring people that don't see the hope and joy from Christ as a result of him taking control. If we are honest with God and our community the raw passion from Christ will spill into our work, home, and day-to-day life.

Purpose

Current Goal

This is a way for me to reach as many people for Christ as I can and the verse below is my motto. If I am living with the Passion and Love that it took for Christ to get on the Cross for me, then I will hold nothing back and reach out to everyone I can. 

1 John 3:16-This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

Future Goal

So first off this Blog is for anyone to get questions answered about Christianity and special devotion to what Jesus says a Christian looks like. These topics are not easy and I want to cover them to help develop my own walk with Christ. Relative future topics:

1. How does a Christian grow and develop in a world, so broken?

2. The heart of Jesus was focused on? How that pertains to the Philippines?

3. What does it mean to be an inspired Christian rather than a fan?  

4. What does the difference between a secular leader and a Christian leader?

5. Can a Christian be a homosexual?

    Just a few to start off the semester... Ultimately I want to write these not as stumbling blocks in your lives, but in response to an amazing Cru Conference I went to over Christmas break. The speakers challenged me in several ways, and one way that really stuck out was the word witness. When I first became a Christian in 10th grade from that day forward, I have always thought of the word witness as a verb. 

    Instead, the speakers up at conference challenged us to revere the word "witness" as a noun because the Bible does. Revelation 2:13 "I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness..."See the word is not something we go do, but something we are and have to continually be faithful at.