I see so many Christians either posting nothing but family pictures and updated reports of family events while others are almost entirely political. What I don't see on these pages is anything about Christ.
I know that I cannot judge the heart of other believers based on facebook entirely, but I do have to wonder if it is an important clue. Don't we talk about on social media that which is on our mind most often? Is it possible that many if not most believers are ashamed to speak of Christ, embarrassed for fear of being mocked or ignored?
We are living in the last of the last days, Christ is very close to coming for His church, why are most believers not focused on their home going? Why are they enamored with the politics of saving this country if we are not going to be here much longer?
Christ told us our home is in heaven, our hope is in the return of Christ for His church, so why are we not compelled to speak about Him more than anything else?
It concerns me when the vantage point of a believer is nearly completely earthly, concerned about their safety, their money, their pleasure almost exclusively. These things are of interest to us, but rank low on the list of important matters.
Our spiritual condition ought to be taking up more space in our minds than anything else. Our home going along with our walk with Christ ought to have so much space in our brains that there is little time for the less important matters.
The way in which our country is headed is only important in terms of why it is going this way, that being the lost souls who are headed to hell for their rejection of Christ and those who have not yet understood the gospel message of salvation.
It might be good to ask ourselves, "why do I pray for my nation." If we pray for our nation because we want to be safe, fat and happy, then we have the wrong focus entirely as a believer. If we pray for our nation because we desire to see souls saved from their sin and hell, then that is the right focus. Perhaps it would be good to be completely honest and begin praying in the will of God.
If our heart is inclined toward the lost souls we are to be concerned about and the walk of fellow believers, then we are where we should be in our mind set. In love with Christ translates into a life when everything all the time is about Him.
Deuteronomy 6:5
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might."
John 14:15
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments."
John 17:24-26
"Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
We must understand that God may take our nation through terrible times to wake up the sleeping believers and to show non-believers their need for Christ. To pray that God save our nation is not always the best prayer. Perhaps in these end times it would be good to pray for hardship that God's purpose might be fulfilled.
After all, isn't it more important that souls are saved than for us to live out our days in safety and pleasure? Just sayin!!!!
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