Faith Works: Now or Later?
Why do I believe in God? Why do I believe he deserves worship? Is life without God worth living? All of these questions have surfaced in my mind sometime in the past week. They came back to me as I watched a christian inspirational movie. Rob Bell, in his NOOMA series, commented on the throught that salvation exists as a waiting period, a holding tank for a better life to come. You try to introduce more people to that concept because younhope that person will share this destination. However, they do not believe that their life should be dedicated to creating a better life.
This reminds me of a comment that my grandmother always makes. She declares that the bible is fulfilling itself and that the world will only get worse. An "all we can do is pray" comment usually follows this saying. Both comments drive me crazy. First, I don't believe God put us in a world so that we could lose all hope for it and condemn it, and secondly, prayer is a powerful tool in a relationship with God, it shouldn't be treated so lightly. I think God desires us to change the world, but to do so now, not later. I've already jumpd the gun; i've assumed God wants something from me/you or a relationship with any of us.
I believe in faith now. Most importantly, I value my relationshipwith God. Once again, it's not an easy concept to explain, but it exists. I briefly reflected on my decision to make God the priority instead of my first priority. I think that idea! Why should God merely be another item on the list, he should be more than that. It's time for me to continue this philosophy. Lately, I've become more acustomed to depending on God, but he never lets me down.
Last:
Faith Now, Praise Now, Worship Now, Laugh Now, Cry Now, Pray Now, Sing Now, anything you want to give to God, do it now.
The song for last week was "To Worship You I Live (Away)" by Israel & New Breed. It's actually a simple song. The lyrics are as follows:
Away away from the noise alone with you away away to hear your voice and meet with you nothing else matters my one desire is To worship you I live to worship you I live I live to worship you oh oh.
As I began to think about the words of this song, I realized that I want a God-centered life. It's a life that I find uplifting and fulfilling because it offers guidance and direction. God-centrisim can be a lifestyle. I want to use my faith now to give Glory and Honor to my King.
This reminds me of a comment that my grandmother always makes. She declares that the bible is fulfilling itself and that the world will only get worse. An "all we can do is pray" comment usually follows this saying. Both comments drive me crazy. First, I don't believe God put us in a world so that we could lose all hope for it and condemn it, and secondly, prayer is a powerful tool in a relationship with God, it shouldn't be treated so lightly. I think God desires us to change the world, but to do so now, not later. I've already jumpd the gun; i've assumed God wants something from me/you or a relationship with any of us.
I believe in faith now. Most importantly, I value my relationshipwith God. Once again, it's not an easy concept to explain, but it exists. I briefly reflected on my decision to make God the priority instead of my first priority. I think that idea! Why should God merely be another item on the list, he should be more than that. It's time for me to continue this philosophy. Lately, I've become more acustomed to depending on God, but he never lets me down.
Last:
Faith Now, Praise Now, Worship Now, Laugh Now, Cry Now, Pray Now, Sing Now, anything you want to give to God, do it now.
The song for last week was "To Worship You I Live (Away)" by Israel & New Breed. It's actually a simple song. The lyrics are as follows:
Away away from the noise alone with you away away to hear your voice and meet with you nothing else matters my one desire is To worship you I live to worship you I live I live to worship you oh oh.
As I began to think about the words of this song, I realized that I want a God-centered life. It's a life that I find uplifting and fulfilling because it offers guidance and direction. God-centrisim can be a lifestyle. I want to use my faith now to give Glory and Honor to my King.
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