I.B.S. #38

l Corinthians 9:22-23

- "To the weak, became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you."

A lot of times I look at people these days and I say to myself that they all need to be like Paul. What I mean by this is that I think we need to be one extreme or the other. We need to be 100% for Christ or 100% against Him. As I mentioned in my testimony, one of the biggest things I couldnt stand about my old life was the amount of hypocrasy in my life. Now dont get me wrong, I'm not saying everyone needs be either 100% sinful or 100% perfect because noone can be perfect. However I do believe that if we are to lay down our own desires and follow Christ, we need to have hearts that are truely on fire for Christ. The Bible says He spits out the lukewarm people, those who are claiming to represent Him but are doing a crappy job of it. This definatley is not an easy task however. I think it's probably the hardest way to go about life, constantly dieing to self, but what Paul says here is what we need to have in mind. "I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you." Dieing to self, living for Christ, being rejected by the world, going out of our comfort zones to go where God wants us to go; It's all for the sake of the gospel. That we might be able to be a part of it. That we might be able to used for the advancement of the kingdom of heaven. Which is the greatest honor that I think God has given us. I need to be using that gift which God has given me.

As this time of training is coming to an end, I need a refresher so I will pray that the Lord gives me strength to fight off that lukewarmness.