ReviveUSA

I have spent many hours as of late pondering the gift of grace and mercy that my Father has offered me.  The more that I think about it the more I realize, I am so unworthy of this most gracious gift.  I read Psalms and see the amount of grace that God had offered David’s repentant heart and it shows me a love that is never ending.  Grace is a gift from God through the death of His one and only Son, it is a gift that I have accepted and find great peace in.  It is not easy at all, the more I understand and realize the true meaning of His grace, the more I find myself fighting the condemning attacks of Satan. 

Last week I spent some time with one of our sales teams in Virginia.  Within that group there are two Christian men that stand apart.  I found myself, as a fellow Christian being drawn to their conversation.  I felt a need to participate but couldn’t seem to engage because absolutely no words came to mind.  One evening we were at dinner and the two I refer to were sitting together at one side of the table, away from the others.  I was in the middle between two conversations, participating in neither but listening to one.  I was listening to a conversation about how the Bible states that it is difficult to get through the gates of heaven.  Following that same line of conversation they went on to talking about the fact that due to the state of the Church today that many pastors were on their way to Hell.  I walked away from last week feeling “lukewarm” due to the fact that I had no words of contribution to their “Christian” conversation.  I was telling my wife how I felt and she very quickly said, “maybe the Lord did not give you any words for a reason.”  The “lukewarm” feeling quickly left when I realized that she was correct, I had no need to participate in that conversation as it was not edifying or beneficial at all.

So here it is spoken plainly.  Some Christians may view me as lukewarm due to my lack of desire to judge.  It is not that I do not see things in this world that are wrong; it is because I am not worthy nor can I judge this world.  I have too many issues of my own to pass judgement on the sin of others.  If I pay too much attention to the sin of this world and the people in it, then I am allowing myself to be distracted by the enemy.  Satan wants to take our focus off of the root cause and place it onto the symptoms.  The symptoms of this great disease are divorce, addiction, abortion, greed, and many more.  The root cause of these terrible symptoms is all summed up in a lack of true communion with the Father.  We need to pray, we need to love, we need to extend the same grace that we have received from Jesus as He hung on the cross for our sin.  Please don’t be distracted and allow yourself to focus on the many symptoms that exist in this world, but instead take a step back and pray for revival and the salvation of the masses.  With salvation comes repentance and with repentance comes the disappearance of symptoms.