What Have I Done for Jesus Today?

God's Warrior · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:20 am Post subject: What Have I Done for Jesus Today?

What Have I Done for Jesus Today?

We Christians in the USA, in the midst of such opportunity and abundance, do so embarassingly little for the cause of Christ. We take our jobs more seriously than we do our service to God. We have more interest in our televisions than we do in our relationship with God. Having a nice car, house, money in the bank, good clothes are more important than evangelism, helping others, and building the church.
Not every Christian in the USA is like this. But the vast -- VAST -- majority of us are. What a shame that we sit around watching television, arguing like children over the color of the church carpet, being consumed by leisure time and recreational activities, while our brothers and sisters around the world are suffering incredible persecutions for the name of Christ.
I don't want you to feel guilty. Guilt doesn't achieve anything -- too many church leaders use "guilt" and manipulation as a carnal substitute for the Holy Spirit.
I want us to think about what we're doing ... and about what we can do. I want us to allow the Holy Spirit to penetrate the materialistic worldview that our environment and upbringing have woven around us.
I want us to understand that we can do something. In fact, since we have so much more than our brothers and sisters in the rest of the world, we should be able to do more than them.

We need to ask ourselves, "What have I done for Jesus today?"

God's Warrior · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:24 am Post subject:

"And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection." Luke 8:14

Christians around the World ...

Christians in North Korea are arrested and tortured for reading a Bible, while Christians in the USA are embarassed to be seen carrying a Bible.

Christians in India endure repeated beatings as they evangelize and preach on the streets, while Christians in the USA won't walk across the street to share the Gospel with their neighbor.

Christians in Africa happily walk for miles to fellowship with other Christians in the church, while Christians in the USA drive 50 miles in an air-conditioned car to attend a sporting event, but complain about having to drive across town to go to church.

Christians in Indonesia see their churches and houses burned and their children beaten, kidnapped, and killed, while Christians in the USA sit in front of the television six hours a day.

Christians in China risk arrest, mockery, and beatings to go to church, while Christians in the USA proudly swagger, "I can find God just as well at home as I can at church."
Christians around the world are enduring hardships and persecutions beyond our imagination, while we stuff our closets with fine clothes, stuff our bellies with rich foods, and stuff our brains with movies, television, and novels.
Of all the nations on earth, we have the most wealth, leisure time, and freedom, yet we do so little for Jesus. Yes, there was a day when The USA was a great missions and evangelism powerhouse, but that was a former generation. Today, most Christians in America are lazy, materialistic, and largely unconcerned.

Today, Christians in third-world nations are out-performing us. They are out-evangelizing us. They are out-serving us. They are out-growing us.

We have an unprecedented opportunity to impact this world for good. We have the resources and the freedom. We have the education. Yet, our own country has become a pagan land in need of great missionary effort.

The one question each of us must as is, "Am I a part of the problem?" Am I just as materialistic as my neighbor? Do I have the same lifestyle, dreams, goals, and values as the unsaved country around me? Have I done anything for Jesus today?