Saturday, February 21, 2009

A Burden I've Never Felt Before

God totally rocked me. a burden in me. I don't think I have ever felt a burden come upon me like this before. I was hit with the revelation that the saving power of Jesus isn't just for the lost and the broken. It's also for the comfortable, and selfish. I felt like God was asking me questions like, "How can you live the life you live? Knowing of the brokenness and confusion your generation lives in, and do little to nothing about it. How can you tout that doing my will is your greatest passion, but never be interruptible to do my work? " He was just showing me so much about how revival isn't just about us feeling the yummy yums in worship. It isn't about gaining a Christian crown or a mighty ministry. It's about building a name in the spirit through brokenness, intercession, discipleship, evangelism, fasting, hunger, and worship. This was one of those God encounters that I know has to change the way I live. IT HAS TO CHANGE THE WAY I LIVE! I can't just live this life of playing church and doing and occasional outreach from time to time. Nor can I step out in obedience just so I am not a hypocrite when I talk about evangelism. In Mark 12:28-31 Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment is. He answered Love God, and love your neighbor. How can we say that we love our neighbor when we are living selfishly...while thousands daily slip further and further into the comatose of their broken life? That is the question we must answer.

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