Two
thousand years later the call to follow our savior has been repackaged as a sanitized,
trouble-free opportunity to enjoy life without risk, passion, or
sacrifice. Is this really what Jesus
died for? When Christianity becomes
just another religion it focuses on what God requires (rules) and the benefits
(blessings) of serving God. This births
a Christian culture that perpetuates itself through the Law of Linearity: There
is an action “A” that leads to a results “B”; figure out what “A” is, do it,
and you get “B”. This principle of cause
and effect simply put is “follow the rules and you will get the
blessings”. Isn’t it hard to imagine
that Jesus would endure the agony of the cross just to keep us in line and
bless us? Jesus did not suffer and die
so that we could build for ourselves safe havens - bless me clubs - and enjoy
the “good life” of health and material blessings while lost humanity dies all
around us. Jesus didn’t set us free so
we can live a life of endless comfort, security and indulgence. Christ’s redemptive work - His radical
compassion expressed - calls us to repentance, pulling us out of our “gutter”
and transforming us. The thing that
defines our faith is that we no longer live in our “gutter” but, modeling our
savior’s heart, we return to the gutter to fulfill our mission... the desires
of His heart. Jesus died to capture our
heart, to consume who we are and give us new... recreated, life that is fueled by His presence and overflowing
with raw untamed passion for His heart - that we might expand the Kingdom of His love!
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE
MUSTARD SEED
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