The Great Divide

Between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us. –Luke 16:26

We have allowed ourselves in this country to create a faith in which we marginalize those things that Christ is calling us to do in His name.  We feel justified in our faith when we build bigger barns that we cannot afford and proclaim it as a blessing from God while ignoring those in true need in our midst.  We turn a blind eye and say to ourselves that they have always been that way and will never change.  We make no effort to make a difference as we have kept Christ at an arms’ length as we are fearful of being truly transformed into His image.  We delude ourselves and fail to realize that we have allowed the lie of the American dream as it is currently defined to enslave us.    

There is enough food produced in this world to feed every person in it a 2,500 calorie per day diet yet thousands upon thousands of children starve to death each day.  I believe this to be a true stench in the nostrils of God.  We have allowed ourselves to become the church of Laodicea.  The church of Laodicea so disgusted Christ that it made Him vomit.  (Revelation 3:16)

We are being called into something deeper.  We are being called to abandon self and to live for His glory.  We are to be our brothers’ keeper and lift one another up.  We are to be that reflection of Christ.  When one looks into our face, they are to see the face of Christ. 

Open your heart to that which Christ is calling to you.  Allow His urgings to lead you upon His path.  His promise is that His path is straight and narrow but He will shine that light before us and guide our steps.