If life was a comic book, Jesus would be the hero and complacency would be the villain. I know. Someone just read that and thought, “What about Satan?” Well, here’s the deal, I know how the story ends and Jesus wins, he reigns victorious as Satan is cast into the lake of fire. Gone. Done. Game over. He has no power over us. The only leverage Satan has over our lives is what WE GIVE HIM! I believe that leverage is birthed out of laziness, out of pride, out of complacency.
It seems like many of us within the church start strong and then coast until we cross the finish line. We do just enough to get by, not enough to get noticed or make a difference, but just enough to FEEL good. We read the bible occasionally. We pray when we need something. We go to church to get refreshed. Rinse. Repeat.
So goes the cycle of complacency. So goes the routine of the average church-goer.
Thank you Jesus that you didn’t call us to be the average church-goer. Thank you Jesus that you called us to something SO MUCH MORE!
But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be saved, but like someone barely escaping through a wall of flames.
1 Corinthians 3:15 NLT
We’ll eventually reach a point in our lives, in our existence when we are judged, not for our sins, but for our actions, our obedience, our contribution to the advancement of the Kingdom.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to JUST MAKE IT. I don’t want to JUST GET BY. I don’t want to be like someone who barely escaped through a wall of flames…that just sounds bad. I want my life, my work to have VALUE. I want my REWARD (v.14).
It’s my hope and my prayer that God invades this church and we lean into the Holy Spirit for guidance, for help, for strength, for courage, for wisdom and TOGETHER we make Jesus known to the greater Tri-State Region!
Let’s stand up. Let’s get involved. Let’s make a difference. The best is yet to come!
It seems like many of us within the church start strong and then coast until we cross the finish line. We do just enough to get by, not enough to get noticed or make a difference, but just enough to FEEL good. We read the bible occasionally. We pray when we need something. We go to church to get refreshed. Rinse. Repeat.
So goes the cycle of complacency. So goes the routine of the average church-goer.
Thank you Jesus that you didn’t call us to be the average church-goer. Thank you Jesus that you called us to something SO MUCH MORE!
But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be saved, but like someone barely escaping through a wall of flames.
1 Corinthians 3:15 NLT
We’ll eventually reach a point in our lives, in our existence when we are judged, not for our sins, but for our actions, our obedience, our contribution to the advancement of the Kingdom.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to JUST MAKE IT. I don’t want to JUST GET BY. I don’t want to be like someone who barely escaped through a wall of flames…that just sounds bad. I want my life, my work to have VALUE. I want my REWARD (v.14).
It’s my hope and my prayer that God invades this church and we lean into the Holy Spirit for guidance, for help, for strength, for courage, for wisdom and TOGETHER we make Jesus known to the greater Tri-State Region!
Let’s stand up. Let’s get involved. Let’s make a difference. The best is yet to come!
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