My writes

Abraham Lincoln once said that if you want to test a man's character, give him power. I believe even as the Lord blesses us with a good life, along with it He seeks to test our character. For a lot of us, we are fortunate enough to be living in places that we are free to worship our God. We are blessed sufficiently that "give us our daily bread" appears to be a pious line in the Lord's prayer.

In our little comfort zone, we grow busy spinning the wheels of our world - career, family, entertainment, etc. We reduce God to a genie-in-a-bottle. We reduce church and fellowshipping with His people to just an optional extra curricular activity. We blissfully skate through life with spiritual amnesia, with disregard for what God had done for us once-upon-a-time-not-too-long-ago when we receive Him into our lives. We take the matters of the Lord for granted. Our prayers are shallow and self-serving. We become complacent and indifference sets in.

In this generation fueled by consumerism, many of us want to share Christ' glory, but not His suffering. Funnily but true enough, the pews will only be filled during prayer meetings when there is an economic downturn.

It is time that we cease all shallow talks, crass nonchalance and distasteful lukewarm responses that we are guilty against the body of Christ. God is, has always, and will always, beckon us to a deeper and more meaningful relationship with Him. Stop being a Laodicean. Be a genuine Christ-ian. For the willing soul, He constantly stirs up our hearts, challenging us to greater heights in our walk.