The Bullet of Real Life: Tossing Steaks Around
One of the church’s most tragic mistakes is that it tries to grab bones out of folk’s mouths instead of offering them steak. This is where Christians get the label of the “naughty no-no gang.” Unless the church crowd can demonstrate a superior lifestyle, consisting of abundant joy, problems being solved and a life of peace and purpose, no one is going to pay any attention to what they say.
Admittedly, the failures of Christians are evident everywhere. But so are the failures of non-Christians. Comparing degrees of failure is futile. Assigning blame is not the basic issue of life. The basic issue is to find answers…or THE answer. Those of us who have experienced Jesus Christ have had it both ways, life without Him and life with Him. The latter is by far the more fulfilling and joyous experience. My own testimony would be that I have given up nothing to follow Jesus Christ. He has simple replaced the things I used to consider priority with far greater and lasting values. I’ll never go back!
Jesus Christ came from heaven to clue us in on real living. Thousands who have believed Him have found His promises to be true. He delivers on what He says. Why gnaw a bone when you can eat steak? That’s not giving up a thing…so please don’t knock it unless you’ve tried it. And say, Christian, let’s get busy throwing some steak around!
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