Christian you would blah blah blah. That is an ironic statement isn't it. If I even resembled goodness I would not be a Christian. I would not need Jesus. We fall for this trap don't we from the world. We scrambled to try and be the "good" Christian. What does that even mean? Instead of being pleasing to the Lord we are blatantly trying to please the world or making excuses for our lack of goodness. Ultimately we end up agreeing that we have failed as a Christian. I am here to say stop that please.
The Gospel says we are not good. We need to come and repent. We need a Savior. When somebody says that you are not a good Christian, the answer should be you are right. I am not a good Christian. I need Christ and He is faithful all the time. The second thing we do is try and do everything we can at once. The Spirit feels us with desire to serve. We do so abundantly. Nobody serves more than the Christian Church. The Bible teaches us that we are gifted in certain areas though. We are to follow the gifts that the Spirit has bestowed upon us. Some of us are gifted for the foreign mission field. Some of us for the ministry. Some to work with the homeless and the hungry. Some others are gifted for evangelizing. Some of us in Adoption. Some with the disabled. When we try and do everything at once that is when nothing gets done. As a Christian I realized the gifts I had and didn't. We all must do that. We all must chose how we serve. Just remember Who you are serving.
Another thing the world likes to do is tell you how Jesus would do it. They don't have a personal relationship with Jesus. It is like someone you never met who don't know your mom tell you what your mom is gonna do. You need to treat it the same way. They don't know Christ. When it contradicts the Bible completely. Jesus never turned people away. Yes, yes He did. God would never have us build a wall. He actually had people take down walls and build up walls. He took down nations and protected His people at any cost. That is God. That is Christ. I lay my life down for MY sheep.
We need to be reminded that God is in control. God protects His people. He will not forsake them. He will not leave them. We have to think of these things with recent events. We have to remember these things with past events. God has a plan. The world will blame the Christian for their discomfort in it. Hold fast, Christ is with us here and when we come home.
