the search discovered
jenn and i have many good friends who are not followers of Jesus.some would say they are "christians", but it is more of a cultural belief thing than a belief of the heart. some have no desire to follow anything other than the god of self. and a few others,well...they are simply in a perpetual state of conscious rebellion.
what ever the case, what ever the reason, it doesn't really matter, EVERYONE is looking for Jesus. many of them just don't know it. and ya know what? i think for some of them it's ok not to know yet. it doesn't mean that they aren't looking even if they don't know what they are looking for.
many people would argue and say that i am being arrogant and narrow minded by saying everyone is searching for Jesus. or maybe you could say that i give people too much credit in reguards to the journey they are on - that i need to show them the wrongful and sinful choices they make and tell them about a damning and vengeful God.
i'm sorry but i don't roll that way.
and i don't take sin as a light issue either.
but to stay with my thought...
everyone is looking for something. some look for comfort. some for meaning or purpose or peace or value or acceptance or whatever. everyone is looking for something. not a new thought there right? but as the church, we have for so long tried to get people to start looking for God. that doesn't seem like a bad thing. as a matter of fact i have given my life to that. but i am realizing more that getting people to stop looking for __________ and to start looking for God is making work out of something that is aready going on.
let me say this agian, EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR JESUS.
Jesus is original creation. Jesus is salvation. Jesus IS heaven.
i know those statements may not make sense right now, but think about them a little while.
all of my friends are seeking after Jesus. they just don't know it. my call is not so much to get them to stop searching in they way they have chosen,(drugs, power, sex, unhealthy relationships... sin) but to help them realize that the real desire of their search... is Jesus. Jesus will rid out the sin.
For the love that is in original creation, the love that is on the cross, and the love that resides in heaven, is the same love that rules our hearts through Jesus.
and in a heart like that, sin has no room to dwell.
posted by nathan sean @ Thursday, September 01, 2005
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