I’m pretty sure that almost everyone recognizes what it is above that I’m showing, right? Where’s Waldo?! Can you normally find him when you look at these (I realize this isn't the best looking image, but good enough for what I'm looking to do here)? What does Waldo have to do with the Christian life…it is what you are thinking, right?
Well, the past few weeks I’ve pointed out a few things to everyone…that you shouldn’t want everything, debt isn’t a great thing, sex is all around us, that we are taught to put ourselves in the middle and not God, and that you have to find yourself. So, now that you are all aware of that I also want you to do this: STOP HIDING.
Isn’t that what Waldo does in these pictures, he hides right? He tries to fit in with the rest of the crowd so that you can’t find him. Is that what a lot of us do in the world, hide out? Isn’t it easier if you are a Christian to hide and not let anyone know? Yet, we’re told to go and make disciples (or as Andrew Berry taught at NAC and Beulah during the Mission’s Conference – as you go, make disciples). How can we make disciples if we’re hiding in the world.
Let’s look at this in a way that many people hopefully can relate with: children’s sports. I’m pretty sure that if you have a brother or sister, kids of your own, or even yourself, you realize that there are a ton of different sports kids can play and different levels they can play. How many of you have been the head coach or assistant to a team any of the above kids have played on? If you haven’t, why not? Could it be because you weren’t an expert at the sport? How about the excuse of someone else will do it? Oh, and the whole I don’t have time excuse fits well too, right? Yet through it all didn’t the league or team call and ask because they didn’t have enough coaches – and you still said no….or were you willing to do it when they begged?
This is just a simplified example of our unwillingness to break away from the crowd. It’s so easy to just barely get your kid there in time, criticize the coaching during the game, and then leave afterwards, isn’t it? Do we do the same thing with our Christianity, we aren’t experts at the Bible (I’m not even close personally – at least with word for word references, etc.), or that we know that someone else will reach that person so we won’t even try, oh and the whole we don’t have time to be a Christian right now….right?
It’s time to stop giving ourselves excuses for not doing God’s work and instead step out from the crowd. Going back to the sports you don’t have to be the head coach, but you could help assist, couldn’t you? That is all God wants us to do. He’s the CEO of His corporation and he wants all of us to strive to move up in the company. We all start out in the lowest entry level positions but he wants all of us to strive to be more. He doesn’t “hire” us to always be at the entry level! It’s time to work our way up from that job to a supervisor or manager’s spot, people! Stop doing just enough to get by and take a step out and try to advance His Kingdom!
Well, the past few weeks I’ve pointed out a few things to everyone…that you shouldn’t want everything, debt isn’t a great thing, sex is all around us, that we are taught to put ourselves in the middle and not God, and that you have to find yourself. So, now that you are all aware of that I also want you to do this: STOP HIDING.
Isn’t that what Waldo does in these pictures, he hides right? He tries to fit in with the rest of the crowd so that you can’t find him. Is that what a lot of us do in the world, hide out? Isn’t it easier if you are a Christian to hide and not let anyone know? Yet, we’re told to go and make disciples (or as Andrew Berry taught at NAC and Beulah during the Mission’s Conference – as you go, make disciples). How can we make disciples if we’re hiding in the world.
Let’s look at this in a way that many people hopefully can relate with: children’s sports. I’m pretty sure that if you have a brother or sister, kids of your own, or even yourself, you realize that there are a ton of different sports kids can play and different levels they can play. How many of you have been the head coach or assistant to a team any of the above kids have played on? If you haven’t, why not? Could it be because you weren’t an expert at the sport? How about the excuse of someone else will do it? Oh, and the whole I don’t have time excuse fits well too, right? Yet through it all didn’t the league or team call and ask because they didn’t have enough coaches – and you still said no….or were you willing to do it when they begged?
This is just a simplified example of our unwillingness to break away from the crowd. It’s so easy to just barely get your kid there in time, criticize the coaching during the game, and then leave afterwards, isn’t it? Do we do the same thing with our Christianity, we aren’t experts at the Bible (I’m not even close personally – at least with word for word references, etc.), or that we know that someone else will reach that person so we won’t even try, oh and the whole we don’t have time to be a Christian right now….right?
It’s time to stop giving ourselves excuses for not doing God’s work and instead step out from the crowd. Going back to the sports you don’t have to be the head coach, but you could help assist, couldn’t you? That is all God wants us to do. He’s the CEO of His corporation and he wants all of us to strive to move up in the company. We all start out in the lowest entry level positions but he wants all of us to strive to be more. He doesn’t “hire” us to always be at the entry level! It’s time to work our way up from that job to a supervisor or manager’s spot, people! Stop doing just enough to get by and take a step out and try to advance His Kingdom!
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