There is a popular saying that runs the gamut of
Christian circles every dozen or so years. It claims that we do not want to be
“so spiritually minded that we are no earthly good”.
That is a lie from the pit of hell. Look at Noah...He
preached for 120 years, and he and his sons spent much of that time building an
ark big enough to protect anyone who wanted to be saved.
However, since it had never rained before this
time, people scoffed at them as if they were so spiritually minded they were no
earthly good.
Many wanted to get aboard the ark after it started
raining, but it was too late. God already closed the door (Genesis 7:16). A
shallow consent to accept Christ in times of trouble brings no real change to a
life and requires no total surrender for the glory of God.
Many who claim the name of Christ are oblivious to
the destruction they inflict upon the Kingdom of God by sitting on the fence and
exhibiting carnal words and actions (Matthew 7:16-23).
Contrarily, authentic Christians can never be
content with participating in ritualistic, religious motions. We seek relevance
in every aspect of our life. Even our hobbies are Christ-honoring.
Our spirit and soul are grieved by anything that
grieves Christ, because He dwells within us in all of His fullness. We refrain
from participating in anything that is remotely sinful.
We exhibit the fruit of God’s Spirit (Galatians
5:22-23), which is the result of the refining fire of His sanctifying process
in our life. We belong to Christ and we no longer live in the fleshly, carnal,
worldly realm of life (1 John 3:9).
Prayer:
Father God, draw us by Your Spirit until we get
off the fence and make a sincere and complete commitment to You and Your
Kingdom on this earth. We grow in Christ and we are no longer in love with our
self or addicted to sin. We lay down our idols – anything, which we want more
than You. We submit to the total control of Your Spirit.
We remove our self from the throne of our life and
put You in Your rightful place. We get off the fence and wholly commit our life
to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We make a difference in Your Kingdom by
following the leading of Your Spirit moment by moment. We fall more in love
with Jesus with each passing day.
Thought for the Day:
As we serve our Lord, we show greater and greater enthusiasm as
we allow His Spirit to lead us in service and obedience to Him.
