7/11/09
I have been thinking alot lately about the state of our country, and even more so about the state of Christianity. I came across a quote from K.P. Yohannan, from Gospel for Asia, that has really troubled me….”A tiny group of believers who have the Gospel keep mumbling it over and over to themselves. Meanwhile, millions who have never heard it once fall into the flames of eternal hell…”
I know this is true, as I see it in every church Craig has pastored. Keith Green says it this way “How can they be so dead when they’ve been so well fed…” Why is it that we cloister together, and talk big things, but have such little effect on the world around us? Our country is so twisted, it thinks that abortion is good, homosexuality is good, the language and explicit sexual content on tv is good. Of course, the true good things like, church, family and clean living, are then thought of as… bad. Today, Christians look like the bad guys, and the Hollywood crowd are the true voices of morality.
I am so sad that the church is so lukewarm. I am so sorry that I lie to myself and say I am doing all I can. “Kim, you are a pastor’s wife, you sacrifice so much. You homeschool kids who will change the world. You are serve and encourage, and teach, give, write songs, paint christian themed art…” But am I really making a difference? How can my voice shout out over the crazy mess and be heard? Would I even know what to say?
Well, if I could just stop mumbling the gospel here to church people, and instead share it with my neighbor, that would be radical.
A friend of mine shared she was hoping the Lord would come soon, as she fears for here children’s future. Will America even exist in the end times as we see no evidence of it in scripture? My mind is tormented with the “What if’s”, and the “If only’s”, and I know I need to stop it!
The Word says to be “anxious for nothing”, and I can’t really change anything anyway. But I do hope my ponderings and ramblings on the state of things, will convict me to change. I really want the Lord to do something wonderful in me, and if that has an affect of the world… I will praise HIM.
