Come on, Christian!  Come on!

Come on, Christian!  You e-mail your friends about the travesties of our nation, but you never engage your culture with truth about God’s glorious kingdom.

            Come on, Christian!  You lash out at those who hold different viewpoints and lifestyles, but you seldom love.  You cringe at their abominations, but you never cry.  You curse them by hoarding the gospel.

            Come on, Christian!  You whine about the election, the government, the recession, and change.  Does your witness exceed your whine?  Shouldn’t the new wine of the Spirit course through your veins and trump your whine?

            Come on, Christian!  You lie to yourself and your church by uttering inane sayings like, “God had here who He wanted here today.”  Really?  Are their individuals in your community whom God doesn’t want in worship?  If God had in worship those He wanted in worship, everyone would be there!”

            Come on, Christian!  You shirk responsibility while perpetuating another lie.  You say, “God’s gonna do what God’s gonna do!”  Ultimately, that is true.  There will come a day when every knee is going to kiss dirt and every tongue is going to confess Christ as Lord.  But until that day comes, guess what?  More often than not, God is gonna do only what you permit Him to do.  God is going to act only when you surrender your will to His.  God is going to explode in a life fully committed to Him

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            Come on, Christian!  You quote 2 Chronicles 7:14, but you’re too busy to pray.  You wave this verse like a magic wand, but in the wrong direction.  You point it in accusation like a Moses staff at the Red Sea of moral decay that surrounds you, but you seldom humble yourself to confess the black storm of apathy, greed, lust, and bitterness that rages in your own heart.

            Come on, Christian!  You memorize Luke 9:23, but a cross has no part in your daily routine.  The blood of Christ that once soaked your passion has faded to pale pink.  The nails that once held you to Christ’s call upon your life have been removed to construct you a comfortable existence.

            Come on, Christian!  Get mad.  Get sad.  Get right.  Get glad.  Get broken.  Get encouraged.  Get fire.  Get Spirit.  Get filled.  Get full.  Get overflowing.  Get revived.  Get love.  Get joyful.  Get peace.  Get truth.  Get passionate.  Get compassionate.  Get going.  Exercise your faith.  For God’s sake.  For the sake of this generation.  Wake up!  Time is running short.

            Come on, Christian!  Come on!