Now is the time!

Christians...followers of christ...friends of God...whatever is the new hip thing to call ourselves:

We are failing and failing miserably...

I'm sick of our little: "It's not a religion...its a relationship" thing...we think dumbing down our faith is what gets people to listen...WHO CARES if they think you're religious? They'll believe what they see IN you...they'll believe when they see that it's because of YOUR God that differences are being made through us...the whole coining of our relationship not religion thing is slowly destroying us...we are focusing on the wrong issue...

The world sees us and says "hey...they sure like to talk about God but it is kinda dumb because nothing really happens and then they judge me for not believing"

I'm the first to admit that my direct response is..."NO...i'm not like them..."

BUT I AM!

I judge, I gossip, I find myself talking about worldly things...and doing wordly things....

The greatest boxer of all time was Muhammad Ali...his phrase was "Float like a butterfly, sting like a be" That phrase meant that he could dance around and look good but also have some substance behind it...

I think Christians like to dance a lot without much substance...

Forget being labeled a Christian...it doesn't matter! It was a word to describe people who's lives were being followed by signs and wonders unlike any other religion out there! People came to Christ because they saw the fruit in our lives and today we settle for judement, gossip, ect. and as much as we claim that not to be us...they are right about the lot of us...see...they may do the same things and aren't put in the light about it but they aren't also claiming to be part of a higher calling like us...

Over time, we started to stop dreaming, to stop believing...just accepting God and being ok with not making any impact...and the world around us saw...we liked to dance with no substance behind it...giving the Christian faith a bad name...so then we decided to find clever ways to make ourselves relevant so we could blend in a little more...we hate talking to people because they say "hey you're religious..." so how about we show them what we are really about...show them who our God is and stop trying to be clever disguising who we were called to be...

LETS START BELIEVING!!!!!

The creator of the universe is INSIDE OF US!!!! We have so much untapped potential...i'm sick of not seeing signs and wonders follow me...it is time...this world needs us so bad...there are so many lives begging to be saved that haven't seen how big our God is because we haven't showed them!

"Now is the time for us to shine...shine with the face of Christ devine...no comprise for all heaven cries...now is the time" -Martin Smith