It's Not and it is About Me
This week was filled with some strong words. There was some big talk against the current theological climate of the American church.
But the truth is, these thoughts are more about me than some big institution. You see, I became complacent. It is easier to write a check than get hands dirty and blistered. It is easier to sit in a comfortable room and discuss changing the world, than it is to actually do it!
I became bloated in my own heart and walk with GOD. My once simply faith became chained down with cynicism, anger, despair, and a desire for knowledge. But, I hated it. The more I learned the less I knew. The more I read, the less I cared. Generally, reading is to become more intelligent on a subject. However, if intelligence is the end goal, then I have missed the point. Intelligence is a tool, not an end. Being like Jesus, doing the work of the Kingdom, these are ends.
The goal is pretty simple, follow Jesus. It might be incredibly hard to accomplish, but that doesn't change the simplicity of the goal.
Change always, always, starts with the individual. Change must start within in me, through the God, before I can even think beyond myself.
"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." - Romans 12:2
