A thought by Leonard Sweet, (2014-02-21) from his book, The Well-Played Life: Why Pleasing God Doesn't Have to Be Such Hard Work (p. 52). Tyndale Momentum. Kindle
Edition.
I never thought about that. He then says, “Young or old, a fly doesn’t change, and
it remains the same size throughout its adult life. Even after death, it does
not rapidly decompose.”
There are people who
just fly around telling you to not make waves, don’t take risks, just accept
things the way they are. Don’t change, don’t
grow just accept.
He goes on to say, “Too many followers of Jesus are living a ‘fly
gospel’ that produces nice people rather than saints; that stands for
convention rather than adventure; that is respectable rather than passionate;
that calls for guarded, take-care living rather than heroic, take-risks living;
that is more at home with the status quo than with living on the fly.”
What would have happened if the Apostle Paul was like that or
Peter or John? Where would we be if the
early church went underground and just stayed there?
Here is what Jesus told John to tell us in Revelation 3:15-17
(Msg) about a group of people He had problems with. He said, “I know you inside and out, and find little to my liking. You’re not
cold, you’re not hot—far better to be either cold or hot! You’re stale. You’re
stagnant. You make me want to vomit. You brag, ‘I’m rich, I’ve got it made, I
need nothing from anyone,’ oblivious that in fact you’re a pitiful, blind
beggar, threadbare and homeless.” So He
has some problems with the “fly gospel”.
Let's do something with what we have been given. This life we have is a tremendous opportunity
to make a difference for Him.
So what are you going to do?
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