Over the last several days God has really made me focus on the question "why?" I know that for alot of people they think of children when they hear the question "why?" I know when I was a child I was one of the world's worst about asking this question . God has been really showing me lately, Why we as Christians call ourselves Christians.
I have been trying to get back in touch with different people that I have had the opportunity to cross paths with at one point or another in my life. Some are easier to get in touch with than others but I have reunited friendships, and lost some others. But the one thing that I have seen as we have grown older and apart, is that God has allowed each of us to grow and stretch in all different directions. Some appear to be for the good and some not so good, but I can't judge people I can only pray for them. My pastor preached on Faithfulness yesterday, and the message kept reminding me of my closest friends that I care so dearly about, that seem to be struggling now. I know that they are Christians and that God loves them and He is going to continue to be faithful to them, and me even though we aren't always faithful to Him.
We as Christians are called to live out our lives according to God's will, that is the commitment part on our end when we accept Christ as our Savior. I believe that we fail in that because we are not faithful. So to it answers "why" we as Christians are here- to serve God with all our heart , soul, and mind. And "Why" we as Christians struggle- because we are not faithful.
I have a good friend in ministry and he had incredible growth in his ministry over the period of last year. When I say incredible I mean the amount of people that were coming went from 8 to over 90 every week. I asked him "What have you been doing?", and he replied, " I've just tried to make myself available to God, but most importantly I've tried to constantly be faithful."
And that is what I want to leave you with now, be faithful. Not only to God but be faithful to people, that is our witness as Christians. Be faithful to keep your commitments to people, be faithful to pray for people. Be faithful to Love people, just as Christ is still faithful to us.
