We Must Not Be Still

We must not be afraid. We must not be still. We cannot take the things with which we are blessed for granted, but in the end, they are just things - nothing more. We must give ourselves without restraint, or questions, or analysis. We are weak and we are strong, but must never forget the difference between the two, or which instances in our lives depict us as either. We move away and we return home and we find a way to lose ourselves in between. We lack a kind sensibility when a friend needs our consideration and pass by strangers as if they are merely a part of the scenery - they are dim images in the background of our sight, but nothing more. We walk streets in a daze of complacency and try our hardest not to see the things we should pay the most attention to. Because it hurts. Because it scars. Because we were raised to ignore and to walk quickly past the unknown and lock our car doors when we ride past the things we cannot understand. We tell each other to live by the words and the actions of Jesus Christ, but we fail to recognize the most important aspects of His ministry. We talk the talk, but do we walk the walk? We are a generation - no - a culture of takers, but did Jesus take? Jesus gave and gave and gave with not a thought for Himself. He gave to the sick, the diseased, the blind, the poor, the sinners, the saints, the oppressed, the rich; He gave unconditionally - He ignored no one. We are seeds in a vast field of possibilities, but simply calling yourself a Christian will not harvest your potential. To bear fruit is to walk the walk of Jesus Christ. To give without condition, to bring the background to the fore, and to let His love flow through you towards those around you, especially to those you do not know, those who you've never seen, but who are just as important a part of the Kingdom the faces you see in church every Sunday - this is the way to bear fruit in the way that Jesus Christ wanted you to. We must be doers and not sayers and we must do all that we can, as a church and as individuals, to do the work of Christ not just within the walls of Hinkle Creek, but outside those walls - for that is where our ministry is needed most.