I wish Adam never fell to the Devil's schemes. Why have we failed to take advantage of and live in accordance with the examples of Jesus Christ Himself? The natural man is greedy, covetous, seeking self importance, prideful, arrogant, hoarding, with a zeal to Lead, be popular and feared. Yet, Jesus the greatest man who has ever lived on earth displayed contrary attributes. He came to show us God's intention and manual for man's existence on earth; to be humble, generous, serve without the pressing need for acknowledgement, love without expecting anything in return. For the very reason that Christ died for our sins, before we even came to know Him, speaks of a man who left all his grandeur in heaven, to show us what it means to love truly.
Christians have been blinded by religiosity. They want to lead and not serve. They want people to deem them as important. They want their words to be law. They want to be feared. They want to amass all the riches and be viewed as society's top class citizens. They want to air their views to seem important irrespective of how God would have them act. They have reduced Christianity to a set of rules, reduced the power that should work in them, living by the letter of the Bible instead of the power, intent and Spirit behind the letter. The politics and attitude in the church is fearful. I speak of the church because, whatever it permits becomes allowed on earth, and vice versa. All that we see in the world is an extension of what goes on in the church. Men are anxious to be viewed as important, the life blood that holds an organisation together. The boss is demeaning, disrespectful to his subordinates because he thinks he wields power, treat people anyhow and get away with it. What a world!
Whatever happened to treating a fellow human nicely without expecting anything in return? What about enjoying anonymity and yet being the brain behind the successful project that everyone knows about? How about being the boss and not dishing orders disrespectfully? What about respecting the opinion of other people? Forgiving a person when they hurt you, even if they don't say 'I'm sorry'? What has happened to the art of service? Why are humans power hungry? Why do they become power toxic when they eventually occupy a position of power? "I can see it now - at the final judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, 'Master, we preached the Message, we bashed the demons, our God- sponsored projects had everyone talking.' And do you know what I am going to say? 'You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don't impress me one bit. You're out of here.' Matt 7:21-23
I earnestly pray that we'd go back to the basis of our Christianity, living by the examples Christ displayed and being actually Christ-like. "Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion." Phil 2:5-8
God Bless You
No comments:
Post a Comment