"I have always been afraid of losing people I love, sometimes I ask myself..what if I had no followers..r they afraid to lose me? I luv y'all."
Now, I don't really know much about this guy, other than that he is a football player, but my first reaction when I read this was, "Jesus loves you, and He misses you." My second reaction was sadness. Sadness that He might not know the love of an Almighty and amazing God. It made my heart hurt for him.
The other part of the comment that struck me was, "what if I had no followers..r they afraid to lose me?" Then I thought what if this were true of our relationship with Jesus? Are we afraid of losing Jesus? In our everyday, go about life lives, do we remember the One that provides all of it? Are we following Him with wild abandon, willing to give everything and willing to toss it all aside for a love that gave everything for us, regardless of what that looks like or the criticism that would most certainly follow? What if we let our complacency and apathy give way to complete ignorance and tolerance of something that sounds like Truth but isn't? What if, in giving in and being tolerant of all of the things that society deems acceptable but the Bible says isn't, are we slowly but surely walking away from Jesus? From His Truth? And what if that in itself doesn't even bother some people?
To me, that is a scary thought. Thinking that I would be so lost in the world that living this life without Jesus wouldn't even bother me. *SHUDDER* I don't know about you, but I need Jesus like a need my next breath. He is my next breath. Even thinking that I could live this life without Him is terrifying.
My mind is just swimming with thoughts on this whole thing. I may have to let this marinade for a few days and come back to it.
Getting back to Mr. Ochocinco. Praying for him is a good idea. I pray that God would overwhelm him with so much love that even if he didn't have "followers" that he would know the love of the Father and that is SO MUCH BETTER.
I would challenge you all to pray for those who live their lives in a very public arena. Pray for God's will to be done and for salvation for those who don't know Him. For those who do know Him, pray for strength and guidance and a resolve to live and walk this Christian life unashamed and out loud no matter what the critics and cynics say.
Pray that for everyone you know. That we are the fellowship of the unashamed and that we may walk it out boldly in confidence without fear and in Truth. That we may show grace and mercy to those who come against us. That we would have hearts open to Him and compassion for our family, friends and neighbors. That we would live in such a way that God would be glorified and honored above anything we may say or do. That His Gospel of love would spill from our lips in every circumstance and that people may see Him in the midst of their own doubts and struggles.
That our lives would be lived in such a way that we are pointing to Him and Him alone.
Ok, I think that is all I have for now. For now.
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