so today was like any other wednesday, had class and was walking through the quad at PCC when i see a large group of people. they usually have clubs and booths in the quad but this was different so i started walking closer. when i got alittle closer i see an older lady standing with a sign that had Jesus and a heart (i dont remember exactly what it was). but thats not what was getting everyones attention. it was the guy standing next to her with a huge sign with a passage from Leviticus (i forgot which one) but he was standing there in the middle of this crowd. I wish i could say it was miraculous and people were coming to Christ on the spot but they werent, in fact they were doing the complete opposite. People were very bluntly yelling in his face screaming at him telling him all Christians are fascists and just straight up attacking him. so here i was standing there watching a fellow brother in Christ getting persecuted and attacked from my fellow peers. i wanted so bad to go up next to him and stand firm for what we believed but i couldnt. i knew i should have, i felt the Holy Spirit calling me to do it but i couldnt, i chickened out and just put my head down and walked away. then i started looking around at everyone else and began to think. if Christianity is one of (if not the biggest) religion in the world, where are my fellow brothers and sisters? do we only appear on sundays or in private "safe" areas where we wont get judged? why is it that if theres a Christian group having a fundraiser or just giving away free WWJD bracelets we have no problem going there and getting one (but of course were always cautious about whos watching you just incase they might judge you) but what about situations like this. where one brother is getting persecuted, judged and just being torn up by our peers, why do WE christians just put our heads down in shame and walk away or turn our ipods up and pretend like we didnt notice the mob of people gathering around a brother in need. Our society has changed, undoubtedly, but did our love for Jesus change? do we love Jesus as much as his followers did back in the day? Why do we hide our love for Jesus and only express them when we are alone or at Church. This entry is not directed at anyone but myself and the relationship im living with God but if anyone else is in my situation i think we should really consider who were living for. So lets try to be like Apostle Paul and be bold and share the Love.
2 Corinthians 12:10
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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