Wednesday, April 12, 2017

A me culture.

I have noticed a huge trend in America since returning from Africa. It is all about me! I need me time, I need to relax for me, me me me me. We truly have become a self centred culture. Apple correctly named everything "I" you fill in the blank. It is all about how you feel, what you think, being open minded, everything to make "me" you happy.

 I totally agree we need sabbath time, but that time is not supposed to be all about us it is supposed to be time we spend reconnecting with God. Have we forgotten Rome was a me culture right before their fall. More importantly have we forgotten that without God we are nothing. It can not be all about me, what I think, what I feel, because I am by nature a sinner and selfish. Romans reminds us that left to ourselves we are dead in our sin and transgressions.

Friends we are suppose to live for Christ, live by Christ, live according to Christ. Christ sustains us! Christ refills us! Christ is our breathe! Christ should be our focus! As we live for Christ we take care of our body because it is His temple and he has works for us. As we live for Christ we sabbath, because he told us to, He reminds us he is our bread. As we live for Christ we realize He is all we need period. Just as Christ told Satan in the desert all I need is the Father he sustains me.

My wife recently read me a quote it said
" I don't need a open mind, I need a cannon mind. Every thing I believe and fill my mind and heart with comes from the 66 books of the Bible called the cannon".

 We spend so much time on ourselves. We say we have no idols in America, but our idol is ourselves. My prayer for the American church in 2017 is we wake up to what we really need. We start living for God 24/7, we spend our time worshipping him, praying, fasting, studying, have sabbath with him. Listening daily to what he has for us that day. Living as disciples and making disciples each and every day.

Let Christ be your everything. Lay down all your idols at his feet and began to live out your faith in the way God intended.