| | i want to die living.
matthew 16:26 NASB
psalm 56:8 NLT
lately i've been thinking about the role and life of a missionary. i
realize that what we consider our present sufferings to be, is nowhere
near the persecution christians worldwide face in parts of europe,
china, africa, israel...its pitiful how we've become so jaded by our
selfish consumerism, our comforts, our sinful indulgences, our
flesh.
reading about the underground churches, the crazy fanatics that
experience God move in such powerful ways, it amazes me. it makes me
want to it see God in all His holiness and splendor just pour out His
love onto this campus and these people He loves so much. it feels
like..
wow we're really such weaklings compared to these people who daily die
and don't hesitate go out on a limb for God. they truly live to die. on
a day to day basis, we get so caught up in complaining so much about
school and studying, on other things going on, people, and even God
forbid, ministry...
we're so stuck in our comfortable bubble that we don't know what it
means to submit anymore. submission? what? we're caught up. in a sense,
i can see why foreigners hate americans. its not that we're spoiled and
rich and that they're jealous, because we have so much and they
don't---its more like we can't even see whats in front of us. we don't
value what's important, because we're so consumed by the lies we tell
ourselves. that this world tells us. bondage. we don't know what living
is, because we don't know what dying is.
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| | Posted 3/12/2005 12:06 AM - 29 Views
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