In a prior post, I wrote about the things that transpire into us being “jerks for Jesus”. This post was meant to show us that how we treat one another is imperative to Kingdom living. In the faith world, we often like to separate SACRED and SECULAR. The problem with this is that we become more concerned about where we are instead of who we are. This week’s post takes a different turn as we will focus on the main thing.
What is the main thing? A relationship with Jesus. Period. If you take a look around the Church today, you will see a lot of distracted people. We are distracted and we are indeed LOUD. Social media has given us all the platform to campaign for our causes. Our platforms are a beautiful and yet dangerous place because we fight the tension of speaking to hearts for transformation and creating content for attention. Name the cause and it has a following online. The cause also has people that will fight you for that particular cause if you disagree.
If you want to know what is important to you, take a look at what you post online. Cat videos? Political ads? Sports? Funny memes? Speaking for myself, I love creating silly memes of Jesus and church “stuff”. I believe sometimes we need to loosen up a little bit. I also believe that we are each given areas of influence in our lives, including our influence while engaging others online. I have had many faith conversations with people online or offline because of things that I have posted.
People are spiritually starving these days. What will you feed them? What are you feasting on? Don’t be so tied up in all these causes that you miss out on what God is doing right here, right now. This is an Election year and that brings with it a whole hot mess of feelings, agendas, and false promises. Don’t miss out on Jesus. Nothing can be more and everyone else is much less.
Java and Jesus 