This morning I had coffee with a Brother in Christ. The discussion led to the difficulty of putting God in control. We both concluded that being a Christian is the hardest thing we’ve ever done. I’ve sat in church for years listening to various sermons on the difficulty of being a Christian and I spend years disagreeing with that sentiment. What’s hard? I’d ask myself. These were the years as a passive Christian, a Sunday Christian, a Christian of convenience (for me), a Christian-By-Name-Only, a feel-good Christian.
In many ways I’m still all these forms of a Christian. I sin regularly and repeatedly, with forethought and spontaneously, with malice and empathy, in the open and privately. I am a man, therefore I am a sinner. But today I work on it, today I’m conscience of it, today I pray about it, today I try. And that’s probably why being on the battlefield of Christ is so much harder than sitting on the bench. I’m trying to put God in the center of my life. It’s hard. It’s very hard. But it is awesome!
Below is a link to a very interesting slide show. Thank you, Mark. I said a prayer for you.
