I've had it!!!
Yeah, I've had it with the constant negative soundbites from the media and politicians,
I've had it with the adds on TV and the - cue radio voice - "In these tough economic times" - we need.....so and so. I've had with the pessimism and the frowns from just about everyone I encounter these days. Especially this guy -
I've had it with the defeatism that we are getting from so many sources, in particular our government. Isn't it about time we got off the side lines,
and as Christians stepped into the game and showed people what it is like to have faith.We "Christians" like to talk a good game about how God is good, what a wonderful Lord he is and we get to do all that piety speak that makes me want to puke sometimes. But when push comes to shove and we are challenged just a bit by tough or difficult circumstances we bail. Boy do we bail hard to, we stop giving, we stop spouting our church speak and the next thing you know we put our heads down and lament that we can't do this or that.
It is to big a project "IN THESE TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES" or that goal is insurmountable. But what God wants us to do is step up and act like He is the God we profess to look to in "these tough economic times" give me a break, no really I want a break from it all.
Step up and act on that faith we profess to hold so dear!
God wants us to step up to the challenge, step up to real faith and let Him know that we do challenge him, HEY GOD what WOULD YOU HAVE ME DO. Ephesians 3:20 "Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." Hear that? "immeasurably more". There is nothing we can come up with that God would look to and say "I CAN'T HANDLE IT" and if we look to Him, neither should we.
Are you kidding me, we have no challenges for God that He can't just chuckle at and wonder why we are so small minded. Whatever excuses for why we can't, God has the response of "Because I can".
I am tired of us Christians as a people thinking so small, thinking like our God is limited by economy or such small human events.
In the next few months I get the privilege of planning for various mission trips throughout the rest of the year. I've already been hearing the pessimism in people that they don't know if we afford it, others saying, I hope we have enough people that can go. I have heard that a number of other trips and other groups have had to cancel trips due to the lack of participants willing to step out financially. I don't think God is really that small that a few dollars are limiting to him.
So enough is enough - step up or step out of the way so others can move forward.
Lets not limit God this year instead lets take the approach of the Psalmist in Psalms 81:10 - He is telling the people of Israel that not only has he freed them from Egypt (slavery in whatever form that takes) he has given them blessings, all they have to do is open their mouth to receive those blessings.
OK GOD!!! MY MOUTH IS WIDE OPEN AND I AM WAITING TO BE FILLED!!!
It is what it is
