This month I am being a bit of a commuter. I spend the week just outside the city by train, then on the weekends we go back into KL to be tourists for a saturday.
Some people might know that I sometimes battle insomnia and sleep problems, which I am currently dealing with. So, I was up really early the other morning. It was rather peaceful for a while; just sitting in the silence, breathing in the Holy Spirit. Ushering in that Holy Presence, and just sitting in that for a while before all the craziness of the day had truly begun, before the world seemed to even be awake. I was mistaken.
At 6am I heard some very weird things. There is a Mosque near where we were staying, and they have a prayer call at 6am every morning. But it is not just a quiet service inside of the Mosque. This is announced onto the streets by way of speakers proclaiming it for all to hear. Like I said earlier, all of my friends… it seemed like everyone was still asleep. The sun was still asleep! But these Muslims were already ushering in their Gods. They were already prayerfully starting their day, even before the sun.
What time does your church start? Well, even if you go to an early service, I am sure it does not start before 8:30 in the morning. And that church service is only on Sundays. Are you waking up early before the sun every morning to make sure that God plays an active part in your life and the lives of everyone around you and away? Or is it easier to sleep in, go to church once a week, and just minimally get by?
I am not sure when we Christians lost our sense of urgency to save humanity, but we have. We have become complacent in our walks. Now do not take this as me screaming at you and throwing stones only at you, this is an examination of myself as well. There are people dying and suffering everyday and they do not know Jesus Christ. We are supposed to be the “hands and feet of Jesus” but where are we? What are we doing? We are sleeping. We are being lazy. We are not living up to the call the Lord has so clearly put on each of our lives. Telling the WHOLE WORLD about Jesus was not just a call to some, ya know, this is a COMMAND for all to follow.
If you ask me, a party is so much better by the more people you have there to enjoy it. So why are we sharing the invitation to the big party in the sky to only some people when we feel like it? The Muslims here are rising before the sun to pray and ignite that fire and passion inside of themselves daily. Where are the Christians?
