It's the world, but not as we know it, Jim
There is something wrong with this place. Things are missing. I'm not living like I know I should. It's not because I'm sinful (although that is true) and it's not because the world is fallen. Read Acts, look at the early Church. Why are we not like that?
Ever heard of a rich person becoming a Christian, and selling all their wealth to give money to the poor? It happened! But why did they give their money away? Surely they could have done something more beneficial to the poor - create an industry for them to work in, train them... But wait! What if the rich men in the Bible didn't give away their riches simply to help the poor? What if material really meant nothing to them... and they saw giving it to the needy as the best way to dispose of it? What if the man's desire to know God was so great that the world simply didn't matter any more?
We've allowed our thinking to be skewed, and we've allowed the world into the Church. I can't stand it! I can't live like this! What options do I have? I don't *know* how to live. That practical example was the thing Paul stressed so much in the building of the early Church. We need to discover how to live, and not lose it! What am I meant to do instead of going to see the latest movies? What should I do instead of play violent video games? How should I react if I know I need to do something but don't want to?
The point of all this is now that I have God, why should I even be interested in movies? Why do games entertain me anymore? I have all I need, all I could possibly want, and yet the world still tries to pull me back. I need something to replace the world with, something God derived. This is so hard because barely anyone I know is as excited as I am about God. I have no one to share the joy with, no one to go out and celebrate God with. That's really what I desire; I just wish I could find that kind of friendship.
Ever heard of a rich person becoming a Christian, and selling all their wealth to give money to the poor? It happened! But why did they give their money away? Surely they could have done something more beneficial to the poor - create an industry for them to work in, train them... But wait! What if the rich men in the Bible didn't give away their riches simply to help the poor? What if material really meant nothing to them... and they saw giving it to the needy as the best way to dispose of it? What if the man's desire to know God was so great that the world simply didn't matter any more?
We've allowed our thinking to be skewed, and we've allowed the world into the Church. I can't stand it! I can't live like this! What options do I have? I don't *know* how to live. That practical example was the thing Paul stressed so much in the building of the early Church. We need to discover how to live, and not lose it! What am I meant to do instead of going to see the latest movies? What should I do instead of play violent video games? How should I react if I know I need to do something but don't want to?
The point of all this is now that I have God, why should I even be interested in movies? Why do games entertain me anymore? I have all I need, all I could possibly want, and yet the world still tries to pull me back. I need something to replace the world with, something God derived. This is so hard because barely anyone I know is as excited as I am about God. I have no one to share the joy with, no one to go out and celebrate God with. That's really what I desire; I just wish I could find that kind of friendship.
posted by Merlz at 7:39 PM
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