Now that my time on this 9 month journey is wrapping up, there are many things to look back and reflect on. I have learned, experienced, and grown more than I could have imagined. My box that I put God in has been shattered. He has shown up and revealed Himself to me in so many different ways. Through music, creation, scripture, experiences, and most of all, people. Well, I guess I shouldn’t say that He revealed Himself to me because He has ALWAYS been there, I was just never looking. Instead, I would only look for Him on Sunday’s at church and my ocasional quiet times at night. It was more of a checking off boxes on my spiritual to do list rather than an intentional relationship with my Abba, Father.
Talking and just honestly doing life with other people is what has inspired me to write this. You can ask anyone that relatively knows me how much I dislike writing. It is probably the least enjoyable thing I could do. But here I am, writing only because I know how important it is to share my personal testimony so that it may be a cooperate blessing.
I have gotten to talk with lots and lots of people who know who God is, but choose not to believe. One of the main problems that they have in common is their frustrations with how many “Christians” live. They see that they proclaim one thing on Sunday mornings, but live differently on weekdays. Why would someone want to live a double life?
You see, so many people are turned off by Christianity because they see what people share on Facebook and then see how they live their lives a whole different way. Sharing an occasional Christian article is not enough. Quoting a Bible verse is not enough. Faith without action is not enough. This world needs a generation to rise up and say “yes” to what the Lord has called us to do. People to live out the great commission. So please, I am asking you to not just share this and let that be the extent of how people know that you are a believer. But, I am challenging you to put your faith into action and be an ordinary radical follower of Jesus.
