Awaken... me too!
October 20 2005
This is in response to Jeff Martin's post titled "Awaken":
I pray that I would never become complacent. Having been raised in the faith, I don't want to become apathetic like so many I see. I want to be made uncomfortable. I want to be the person Paul is talking to when he said, "Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling..." I realize this could be dangerous for my life (in more ways than just a beating heart). All the more reason to pursue it. This is why Paul said "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain". In life, I can serve Him; I can see "fruit from my labor". If I die, I am with the Father; I've accomplished my end goal.
I pray that I would never become complacent. Having been raised in the faith, I don't want to become apathetic like so many I see. I want to be made uncomfortable. I want to be the person Paul is talking to when he said, "Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling..." I realize this could be dangerous for my life (in more ways than just a beating heart). All the more reason to pursue it. This is why Paul said "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain". In life, I can serve Him; I can see "fruit from my labor". If I die, I am with the Father; I've accomplished my end goal.
