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Luke what?

Published on 7:28 AM By Aunica
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No, this post is not about a boy named Luke. It's not about a boy. It's not about any one person in particular, it's about the church in general.
If there's one thing I don't understand, it's being lukewarm in your faith. I struggle with the fact that people can know the amazing grace and love of Christ and not be completely transformed. How can you know the gospel and reject it in that way? How can you know the truth of Christ and not live your life for Him?
How can you stand in front of the cross, before the sacrifice, before the love of God and say "I'll do this Jesus thing later" and go on with your life? How can your heart not overflow with the love that Christ has given you?
The church has lost sight of what really matters - the gospel. We go to church on Sunday to check it off our list. We dust off our bibles once a week and pretend that everything's okay for a day, when really our world is crashing down around us. We should be broken. Together, as a congregation - working together to become warriors of prayer and be open about our struggles that God could use them for His strength.
But instead? We shove them down deep. Into the depths of our souls, as we put on a smile and a nice dress, take a deep breath, and walk through the doors of the sanctuary. We sing songs we've heard time and time again, not paying one bit of attention to the lyrics but instead at the lady down the aisle who's dress isn't nice enough, the kid in the back throwing a tantrum, or the person who's asleep on the pew a couple rows in front of us. Is that really what we think church is about? How can we sit through a sermon and not let the truth of Christ transform us? I can't stress that enough. It hurts me to see people who think they're saved because of a prayer they prayed when they were 10, when they're missing the whole point of Christianity. We should be so different when we see the truth of Christ and accept it. We are no longer slaves to sin! We have been made new by the transforming power of Christ. We should seek to glorify God in our everyday lives.

Church should be a time of worship in which we bow before the Creator of the Universe and say to Him "You are all I need, you are all I ever needed and you are all I'll need in the days to come" instead we doodle during the sermon, sleep, or day dream of the nice meal we'll have and when we can take off that, now uncomfortable, dress. We shake hands with people and wave goodbye as we exit the building and sigh a breath of relief that we've made it through another week of church and can now go back to our "everyday" lives. Worshiping God should be an everyday thing. That should be our focus, our reason to live - to bring glory to God in everything we do.
We should be broken. Broken in the realization that we sin, and that the only thing that can make us whole again is the forgiving mercy and grace of God.
We should realize that life without God? It has no purpose. There is no reason to live if it isn't for Christ. What eternal significance does your work have? None. You can't take your laptop to heaven.
 If you're not okay, don't fake it. Don't pretend. We all go through trials in this life, and we should and will be persecuted in our faith. It's just part of it.
Be excited about God. Get emotional about Christ. Get pumped about the gospel. Live a life like we were meant to - sold out for God.
Aunica

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