LG Family & Friends;
It is so easy for us to rationalize away the passages on Jesus calling us to follow Him wholeheartedly. We tell ourselves that Jesus wouldn’t really tell us not to bury our dead or say good-bye to our family. As David Platt described in Radical, this is when we start to re-define Christianity. We take the Jesus of the bible and twist Him into a version of Jesus we are more comfortable with. A nice, middle-class, American Jesus. A Jesus who doesn’t mind materialism and who would never call us to give away everything we have. A Jesus who would not expect us to forsake our closest relationships so that he receives all our affection. A Jesus who is fine with nominal devotion that does not infringe on our comforts…
WOW. That description by Platt really hit home with me this week. My weekly challenge to you is to ask yourself if you are rationalizing away the call to commitment to Jesus. Ask your savior what it means to follow Him wholeheartedly. Is Jesus your first love?
After spending time with God in prayer, make this a dinner conversation for the whole family. Ask each other what would be the hardest thing to give up.
Be Intentional.
Travis
It is so easy for us to rationalize away the passages on Jesus calling us to follow Him wholeheartedly. We tell ourselves that Jesus wouldn’t really tell us not to bury our dead or say good-bye to our family. As David Platt described in Radical, this is when we start to re-define Christianity. We take the Jesus of the bible and twist Him into a version of Jesus we are more comfortable with. A nice, middle-class, American Jesus. A Jesus who doesn’t mind materialism and who would never call us to give away everything we have. A Jesus who would not expect us to forsake our closest relationships so that he receives all our affection. A Jesus who is fine with nominal devotion that does not infringe on our comforts…
WOW. That description by Platt really hit home with me this week. My weekly challenge to you is to ask yourself if you are rationalizing away the call to commitment to Jesus. Ask your savior what it means to follow Him wholeheartedly. Is Jesus your first love?
After spending time with God in prayer, make this a dinner conversation for the whole family. Ask each other what would be the hardest thing to give up.
Be Intentional.
Travis
