One of the downsides to preaching is the lack of participation. I can’t stand to be a talking head. So, one of the things I want to try to do on the blog is to take a part of Sunday’s message to discuss here. This is a great opportunity for you guys to interact, comment, question and continue the conversation that we start on Sundays at Cross Point.
I hope you will feel free to participate whether you were there or not. So here we go…
In yesterday’s message I said, “I hear Christians all the time saying they think one of the problems with the world is that we just simply want too much. We want this and we want that. I don’t agree. I think in reality we want too little. I think most of us have settled. I think we have settled for a mediocre version of life. I think we have settled for a mediocre version of life where we chase after such frivolous things like money, and success and power, and applause.”
Last night someone sent me this great quote from C.S. Lewis where he said..
Our Lord finds our desire, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.
I went on to say…”It’s almost like we have forgotten that spiritual transformation is possible. It’s possible that Christ can be formed in us. It’s possible to love like Jesus loved and live like Jesus lived. It’s possible, but first we must want that. We must want that more than we want anything else in this world.”
I followed by admitting that I’m not really sure I want this more than anything else. I would like to say I do, but I think I would by lying. If you looked at where I spend my time and my energy, you would come to the unfortunate conclusion that there are many things in this world I want more than Christ being formed in my life.
How about you? Do you want too little? Have you settled? Do you want this more than anything this world has to offer?
Pete
