Humanity is out of control, obviously.

What has really been distressing me lately though is how deeply self-proclaimed Christians have fallen into modern western culture. From burying ourselves in debt, believing in and working for the American dream of wealth and success that has been spoon fed to us since birth, to pride, greed, idolatry and materialism… conforming to the ways of the world in all of the ways.

Scripture says that we are saved by grace and that salvation comes to us through faith as a gift from God,  and I believe that’s what it means. Here’s my dilemma, though. I’m not satisfied with just believing in Christ without actually following his teachings. I’ve been in a perpetual state of feeling unsettled about this for some time now and I fear that I’m not alone.

There can be a huge difference between being a believer and being a Christian. As Christians we actually have jobs. Like, we have work to do. As its written in the book of James, chapter 2 verse 26, faith without works is dead. We have been instructed, commanded even, to do more in life than just sit around believing in Christ. We need to be actively praying for guidance and wisdom to figure out exactly what serving the kingdom of God looks like in our day and time, and then do that.

Also worth noting: I think its so stupid for believers to sit around gossiping and pointing fingers in judgment at the way other people live their lives… i.e., what political candidate they’re voting for, whether they prefer to use the word pissed instead of angry, if they occasionally drink alcohol, if they get pregnant out of wedlock and don’t consider that child of God to be an unplanned mistake, if they drop out of school, struggle with an addiction, celebrate Halloween, refuse a vaccine, decide not to have children, miss a church service, arrive late to a church service, or whatever else a person could be unnecessarily judged for, all while the world is quite literally falling down around us.