Crazy Christian

We live in a time where things that were once considered upright, just or simple common sense is clouded or condemned by things that are frivolous, futile and simply bass ackward. For example, did you know that in many states in this country that it’s perfectly legal for a 14-year-old to have an abortion without parental consent? Yet it’s illegal to mention the name of God in the pledge of allegiance or even in schools? Are you aware that years ago, a former CEO of a well-known company was sentenced to 3 years in prison for stealing $3 billion? At the same time, a married couple was jailed –and their 2-year-old daughter placed in foster care—for accidentally forgetting to pay for a $5 sandwich while leaving the grocery store. Clearly, there’s a problem.

These types of scenarios are very prevalent in today’s society. Decency, forgiveness and common courtesy are all but dead while religious prejudice, social injustice and deceit are rampant. Times have changed and with it comes a new kind of assault: indifference. Suffering is at an all time high. Sickness, disease and death run amuck while some of us are content to live within the four walls of our church buildings. We are content with the occasional outreach for the underprivileged or the once-in-a-blue-moon canned food drive for the homeless. We savor the self-centered ideology that continually perpetuates the nauseating notion that THIS is what Christ died for. Not so. The Lord says, "My thoughts are not like your thoughts. Your ways are not like my ways. 9 Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Isaiah 55-8-9

Here’s what God says we should do:

Free the people you have put in prison unfairly and undo their chains. Free those to whom you are unfair and stop their hard labor. Share your food with the hungry and bring poor, homeless people into your own homes. When you see someone who has no clothes, give him yours, and don't refuse to help your own relatives. Isaiah 58: 6-7

The scripture makes it quite clear what His body should be accomplishing in the land. We are the arms, legs, feet and face of Christ in the earth—our deeds should reflect that. We ARE Christ’s bride. We ARE His body. We will respond accordingly. We serve a God who has unlimited resources. Money is no object. If God be for us, none can stand against us. If we are doing the will of the Father in the land, there is NO good thing He will withhold from us. We have the backing of the El Shaddai, the Lord of Hosts, and the Supreme Creator, shouldn’t we be crazy enough to believe that we can and will do all things through Christ who gives us strength? I’m a crazy Christian. Are you?

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