Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Day 36

...When we don’t just simply go, we lose out on, one, the romance of the affair. The thing that Abraham felt when he just went must have been awesome. Of course, he had a lot with him and not so much to worry about, but he had NO clue where he was going. He just went where he was told to go. I can imagine Abraham, if he was asked to do it today, letting the wind hit his face and feeling the sweet wind of the adventure the Lord would be bringing up on him. Not that it would be very easy in worldly terms, but I thought we leave those terms of reference behind when we choose to follow the Lord. The (truer) intrinsic blessings outdo any possible thing in the whole wide world.

Also, just simply going, paints a rather non-corporate picture of how we are reaching out to the world. It is not a pretty picture, one that is akin to buying tickets to a concert that you want to see or a play or a movie you want to go to.
And, while it is nice to attract people with pretty pictures, we must consider what we are attracting them to. Are we saying come have a good time and not telling that we have a message implanted in the programme that will tell them about Jesus secretly? When ever did the actual first step to Christ become one that is desired, wanted or is found cool by a person who has not met him yet? That moment of the encounter when the poverty of the spirit is brought to light and the degenerate heart is confronted, something that can only be done by Christ himself? Is that moment something that is designed to be enjoyable, wonderful and nice? Does a corporate approach facilitate this entry into Christ?

Sunil Noronha

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