Being Normal Isn't Normal Anymore

Isn't it crazy that the things Jesus ask us to do we deem as radical or crazy as Christians. I mean to think that loving those who don't love you or doing good to those who harm you are such a radical thing to do. I can understand that the world views those things as weird or radical, but shouldn't the Church view these things as normal. Why is it though that when we settle things by not taking someone to court and suing them that it's the Church that thinks it's weird or radical. We have set the bar so low for us Christians. We have made it into a little prayer or saying and maybe even to a baptism and that is it. Christianity and following Jesus is so much more. He constantly calls into question the ways of the world, and I am not just talking about drinking, smoking, or cussing. He calls into question our hearts. He calls us to be uncomfortable. He continually takes us down to the core so that we might just need Him.

I guess it's kinda sad that we think we are ok if we don't smoke, cuss, or drink. It's kinda sad that most of us do not know the Jesus that asks us to give every thing. People who are lukewarm will not enter into the kingdom. Its the ones who are like the ones in Mathew 25 who will. You know the ones who feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, welcome strangers, clothe the naked, visit the sick and the ones in prison that will inherit the Kingdom. It's the ones who are like the man in Matthew 13 who found a treasure in a field and in his joy went out and sold everything and bought the field. Isn't that amazing. How many of us would do that? How many of us are willing to say the prayer, "God what ever it takes, do it to draw me closer to you."?

Do you see? We are far to comfortable to be a normal Christian, because a normal Christian takes love seriously. Look at Acts 2. People there were selling possessions to meet others needs. When is the last time you saw that, and if you did I bet you thought it was Radical? The funny thing is, yesterday I thought being radical was what He wants. Today I realized He really just wants us to be normal, but I guess its what normal is that needs to be radically changed.

So today or tomorrow when you're helping someone in need and someone says that's crazy how do you do that or that is such a nice thing. Look at them and say well it's just normal.

Tracy