Thousands
of people watched the Discovery Channel Sunday night as Nik Wallenda walked
across the Grand Canyon on a cable. It
was 1,400 feet. It is 5,000 above the
ground below. It was either stupid or
amazing. But along the way as thousands
or maybe millions of people watched Nik talked about His faith.
His
amazing and dangerous walk above the Grand Canyon got the attention of the
world as he talked about his walk with God.
That reminds me of one of our core statements at The Community
Fellowship. That is “we are to get the
attention of our community and while we have their attention tell them about
Jesus”.
How
awesome was that? Some will say how
stupid. I say if God got the glory and
people heard about Jesus it and anything is worth it.
Then he said
to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your
selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me. If you try to hang on to
your life, you will lose it. But if you
give up your life for my sake, you will save it. And what do you benefit if
you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed?
Those words appear red in my Bible because they were said by
Jesus. If we are taking our faith no so
serious, then we are in trouble. God
took our sin seriously. He was so
serious that He sent Jesus to deal with it.
That does not call for casual living.
It calls for courageous living.
Are we willing to do what it takes to live by faith? What will we do so others will meet our God?
Courage is a tough thing.
Jesus said in these verses that to “turn from your selfish ways”. We must stop holding on to what we can’t keep
and stop trying to change what we can’t change.
My fear is that I will lose opportunities. My fear is that I will gather and treasure
things that just don’t matter. That
means I have to seek God through it all and for it. The things we treasure on earth are not the
treasures of Heaven. My life is made to
give Him glory. My words must be
His. My actions must be His. May God make our lives a huge benefit to God
and to the people around us.
God is preparing to do great things through us. That’s what I really want. Following Jesus isn’t for cowards because He
might ask you to walk on a cable across the Grand Canyon. Or He might ask you to walk across the street
to talk to your neighbor.
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