100%
When I think of Communists, I
think of 100%. When I think of Terrorists, I think of 100%. But when I think of
most Christians, I sadly think of LESS THAN 100%.
What is 100%, you may ask?
It is 100% Total Surrender and Commitment to a cause, which in the Christian
sense is God. September 11, 2001 is, and remains memorable in history, because
people had guts and total commitment to a cause to
the extent that their lives were unimportant. Though I hold the firm belief
that it was for a wrong cause, I do admire their commitment.
What a world we would have
if all Christians were 100% committed and consecrated to God! Fearing no
consequences whatsoever for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ; Having the
boldness of the Apostles, the Reformers, and other dedicated Christians who
decided to stick to JESUS even at the expense of their lives-having joy in
their soul as they were imprisoned, tortured and burnt at the stake. Their
influences however continue to live on till this day. A powerful quote by John
Wesley says ‘Give me one hundred men who fear nothing but sin, and desire
nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone
will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon the earth’.
Most of us want to be
‘neither here nor there’, so as to easily switch lanes when the going gets
tough. We want what I call ‘Minimum Requirements for Heaven’. We do not desire
a deeply connected relationship with God and an intense yearning for holiness,
to resemble our professed Master, Jesus Christ. We want to know how far we can
get to the cliff without falling. The sad point is, we don’t love God enough -
we don’t even want to! We are professing Christians, not practicing Christians. The truth
with Christianity is that you are either a Christian or you are not. Our affections are focused
on the temporal things of this world. We are trading eternity of joy and bliss
with the temporal things of the world which are passing away.
- The world and its desires pass away but the man who does the will of the Lord lives forever 1 John 2:16.
- Set your affection on things above, not on things of the world Col 3:2
God offers the antidote to our
“spiritual myopia”, which makes us magnify the temporal present in contrast to
the permanent eternity. We need to pray for help to fully surrender to His
will. To make Him first, last and best in our lives; to put away those weights
and sins which so easily beset us (Heb 12:1).
Jesus
gave ALL for you and ALL He wants from you is your ALL.
Is it too much to ask?
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