Revolution

In our day and time complacency is around every corner. It is an infection... a disease. It is important for us to understand ,as Gentile believers, the history and lifestyle of the Israelites. The reason is simple. God was not (to the Jews) a passing thought or just someone they considered on the Sabbath. God was life. Life was God. In Jewish customs God surrounded every facet of life. They were to acknowledge him after they ate a meal, at weddings, at funerals, before work, and on and on. They consulted him in prayer before undertaking tasks and honored him and praised him in everything they did. Of course, that was what they were supposed to do.

It wasn't long before the Jewish people (usually led astray by a sinful king) started rebelling against God and his commandments. For Christians today I feel that the Holy Spirit is trying to get us back to that all consuming love for God and His Son. To throw away complacency and ho hum Christianity. To throw away emotionless religious practices and to reach out and embrace God's ways and love with a feverish desire that the world has never seen before. A revolution is coming. Where God is honored and truly worshipped with sincerity and love. Where people will understand that giving is better than receiving. Where sacrifice is better than achievement. Where weakness is better than strength.

There is one thing God wants from us all and He tries the hearts of men to find out if we love him with all our heart or not. There is nothing that is kept from His eyes. He sees all. Though we may put on masks for the world around us; God sees through every mask and understands all our intentions. Love Him completely. Love His Son Jesus completely. There is no greater achievement in life than loving God and His ways. Revolt against the status quo and live to desire Him!

Psalm 63:1-8

1 O God, you are my God,
       earnestly I seek you;
       my soul thirsts for you,
       my body longs for you,
       in a dry and weary land
       where there is no water.

 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary
       and beheld your power and your glory.

 3 Because your love is better than life,
       my lips will glorify you.

 4 I will praise you as long as I live,
       and in your name I will lift up my hands.

 5 My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
       with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

 6 On my bed I remember you;
       I think of you through the watches of the night.

 7 Because you are my help,
       I sing in the shadow of your wings.

 8 My soul clings to you;
       your right hand upholds me.