Out of time.

I feel like, there's a lack of urgency in our lives, in every aspect. We often say, "There's always tomorrow." Or, "I'll do that later." I feel like that is where all of the laziness lies in the Church today. Because quite frankly, we don't have tomorrow. Even more than that, we might not have today.

As apart of my last few days in town, I have been really observing and noticing how peoples lives are lived. And I've noticed a common theme: it's pointless. Peoples lives are pointless, usually. People spend they're days sleeping. Or watching impractical movies. Or reading books that are just a waste of time. The people of todays world are just lazy, for lack of better term. And I don't understand it. We have a God who calls us to action on a daily basis, and we would rather say NO to Him and YES to the newest sci-fi?

You know makes me even more confused? These people I'm talking about (the people of the Church) call themselves Christians. And actual followers of Christ. Well, last time I checked.. A follower of Christ gave up everything to literally follow after Jesus. I'm pretty sure wasting time on getting invested in the newest fictional series wasn't apart of the discipleship God intended for us to be apart of. I think it just blows my mind how people rub off God. They say to Him: I like you. I even love. But I'm just not willing. 

Just not willing.

Are you just not willing? If you spend more time watching the Hangover than with the Lord, your not willing. If your conversations are based around the most recent episode of the Bacchleorette, your not willing. If what you desire are things that are not glorifying to the Lord.. you are not willing. 

What if Christ 'just wasn't willing'? What if Christ cared more about his own life then He did for ours? We would be doomed, dead and tortured. So how we can have a fire other than the fire of Christ, doesn't really make sense.

God gives huge passions. He gives huge dreams. He gives huge rewards. For what? Giving Him everything. 

People are afraid to step out in their faith. People are afraid of death and persecution. Rejection. The loss of their family or their health. But I wonder if these people are afraid of Hell. Because the way their living, they're more scared of the worldly chances than eternal damnation. Those things may very well happen, but does it really matter when we're spending eternity with our King?

You wanna know how awesome God is? He conquered the world. He rules the world. Fearing the world is literally pointless. The world is nothing.

David Platt writes in his book Radical, "Satan not only acts within the sovereign permission of God but also ends up accomplishing the sovereign purpose of God. Indeed, this is what the Cross is all about. Satans strategy to defeat the Son of God only served to provide salvation for all sinners. We have nothing to fear, for God is sovereign."

Honestly? That is how good God is. That is how powerful God is. But we don't give Him the time of day.

What if we started living like that? What if every conversation was about the gospel of Jesus because you didn't know if you would get to share it again. What if everyday you solely focused on attaining the heart of Christ, because who knows if your really gonna get a tomorrow.

What if we lived like every new hour was the last one to spread Jesus?

That's exactly how we were created. It's time to take up your cross. Stop being normal. Normality won't make an impact in God's kingdom. Make everything about becoming more like Jesus, whether your comfortability or your own life is at stake. Why? Because your life doesn't matter without the name of Jesus.  

At this point, we have nothing to lose; we're out of time to live any different.