“What would your church (and the worldwide church) look like if everyone was as committed as you are? If everyone gave and served and prayed exactly like you, would the church be healthy and empowered? Or would it be weak and listless?” (Francis Chan, Forgotten God)
I feel like I'm in a constant cycle of reading things like this and being totally convicted and wanting to do something about it then slowly forgetting that feeling and starting to think I'm doing okay and then hearing or reading something again that brings conviction...and so on... But what am I doing? And what does it really matter if I feel convicted but don't do anything about it? Squat.
Sound familiar?
James 1:22-25: But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.
Guilty.
Now what?
