My friends…. Week 8 is coming to a close, and this chapter has been necessary to complete our Crazy Love journey. This chapter was all about what it looks like to really be obsessed with God.
On Monday, you and I discussed being a lover and a risk taker in our faith. Martha had a wonderful blog post for us on Tuesday where she explored with us about being friends of all, crazy ones, and being the humble. On Wednesday, Jennifer had us consider ourselves as servers, givers, sojourners, and the engrossed. On Thursday, Donna shared with us about being unguarded ones, the rooted, the dedicated, and ones who sacrifice for God.
We were all forced to take a hard look at ourselves and see our lives through God-lenses as to how we are truly living out our faith and what it shows our culture about our Crazy Love for Jesus. What is your profile? Are you lukewarm…or are you OBSESSED?
Please take a few minutes and watch this video from Francis Chan:
Since when does our culture dictate what we do and don’t do?
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Your Assignment:
It’s time to ask yourself “Why not?” What makes it so that we can/cannot live today the way they did in the early church…obsessed with God? Why wouldn’t we do this?
To live out biblical christianity in the biblical church is a very difficult thing. How is this an issue of trust?
How badly do you want this mission and are you going to live this way? Are you ready to make this commitment?
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Let’s Pray:
Dear Lord, I pray that You break our hearts in this area and I know it much break Yours. As we seek You today, help us see what You want us to see in how we are letting the world get in the way with living obsessed with You. Show us step by step what You need from us in this area and give us a boldness to live freely crazy in love with You with all of our actions and interactions. We love You and thank You for all You will work within us. Thank You for the message of this chapter and may it forever change us. Amen <3
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About Megan Smidt
This could be a huge discussion! I see two issues with living as the early church did. One is that we have all become so comfortable in our world of possessions (money, job, houses, etc) that we are not sure if we could or if we want to live without them. We can “survive” with the lack on a short-term mission trip (well, even then there are grumblers) but everyone is so glad to be back to our luxuries (hot water for a shower) when we get home. The second issue I see is trusting others in the church. Even if I commit to live a sold-out biblical life in the biblical church, I’m not sure I can trust others to be as sold-out (Ex. Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5.) Yes, many of us are crazy in love with God in our spiritual lives but can we carry that out through every aspect of our life? I think the total spirit, soul, and body sold-out kind of life is radical and hard to achieve. But that’s what this Christian walk (and this study) is all about isn’t it. So I will keep walking it, and I will commit–and recommit to live an obsessed life for my Lord and Savior.