A world turned upside down?

When I think about the Lord, how He saved me, how He raised me... I wish I fell on my face. But I don't. I am listening to “Crazy Love” right now, and the more I listen the more ashamed I am that I take so much for granted. God calls us to a life of worship, a life that is fully devoted to Christ, and wholly surrendered to the great commission.

I guess I just never thought of what that really looks like in my day. What does it look like? Can we do what the disciples did, and just go around proclaiming it? If not, why?

If He is all that matters in this life, if He is who gave me life... Why can't I do that? What is so “weird” about it?

Why do we allow what others think, and what the church does as “tradition” effect how we worship or how we live out our faith? Shouldn't we love Him genuinely?

If that means you raise your hands, then raise them. If that means you don't sing, and just stand there praying, or in awe of the fact that you are able to sing and pray to the ALMIGHTY God? Then do it. The fact is no one should scold you, or judge you for anything that you do towards God, that was a genuine act of worship.

Whether you are charismatic, pentecostal, Evangelical, Methodist, Calvinist, Or even Non-Denominational(?). No matter what you are, no matter what version of the Bible you have, or what background you have... You worship the same God. But for some reason in the church we find the stupidest things to rip apart. The Calvinist is to strict, the charismatic is to showy... and so on.
Lets blow all that off to the side and just focus on you, and me. I am not like you, where you may get up at 6am I may not get up till 8am. You like tea, I like coffee. You like summer, I like fall. You email, I facebook.
The point is we all like different things, and we all do something different from the guy or girl next to us. So why does it matter if one person worships with His hands up in the air, the other worships with his hands in his pockets. Who are we to judge who is the better? The outward can be deceiving. We need to remember “man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

Lately this has really been on my mind. The fact that the church has split and made different churches, different denominations, and everything because of the smallest things. This group hates this group, and this other group is a cult, so we all hate them.
But... Don't we all read the same Bible... unless you are mormon or catholic...

Don't we all worship the same GOD. We may all have different views of God, we may take some things out of context, don't we all? The thing is, a lot of time these things aren't the case! A lot of times it is a split through worship music or lifting of hands!!! HOW DUMB! We are all selfish damned people, who don't know a freaking thing about what the heck we are doing. It is about our comfort and our wants. The church has turned into a squabbling bunch of three year olds who don't give a rip about the guy next to them.

We give cause it looks good, we worship because its planned, and we sit through a sermon that if we are honest... we aren't listening cause we have texts coming in.

God isn't interested in you. Sorry. He loves you, He died for you. But He isn't interested in people who are lukewarm. So go cry in a corner.

Okay, I am done ranting now...

So... If you are still reading this, my point is this:

God is more important than denominations, worship style, or any text you may receive.

Lets get off the couch, guys quit watching cartoons, or playing video games. Lets take to heart what we say or read, and do it. If we are not ashamed, then we should be okay with doing whatever it takes to make God the focus, and only focus of our lives.

Why not preach Jesus to everyone we meet? Cause it is awkward? Or cause we are to prideful? Or because we honestly just dont think about it..? We don't think about the God who gave us our breathe. Hmm....
What I am saying is... You don't know what will happen tomorrow, you are a mist that appears then vanishes(James). So go share Jesus, don't give crappy excuses, and just do it. Because death does not wait for you. Satan will be more than pleased when you believe the lie that you have all the time in the world, and can do whatever you want. When the Bible clearly states to constantly preach the gospel, and to be ready in and out of season. The thing is, you may not have all winter to share Christ. Tomorrow you may be driving and go off the road, and you will be dead. What have you done in the past week for Christ? And going to Bible school does not count. Who have you shared Christ with? Have you even thought about it?

It shocks me when I think about my life. Because honestly I have not done half of this, but I am changing that as we speak. I just got my own place and have spent the past week, and all tonight focusing on this. How do I change, what does it take, who can I share Jesus with?

But even if I just think about it does that really count!? NO!

That is what the church.. that is what WE do! We are the church, we are Gods messengers, His ambassadors to this world! He chose us, but we think that we... these tiny little specks in a massive world, that is in an even more massive universe... that we are in charge, we are most important. How foolish.

So what are you going to do about your faith? Are you going to truly follow Christ, or just think it? Just be a church goer? The Bible says to be DOERS of the Word, and not just hear it and so deceive ourselves. God doesn't want a half hearted, self serving... nancy. He wants a passionate, faithful, giving, worshiper!!!

Go and make disciples!!!