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>Following Christ in the "Real" World

July 2, 2010 by Fritz

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The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”

He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.

The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!” – Matthew 8:25-27

Jesus spent much of his time getting his own disciples to believe. They had left all to follow but they still had a disconnect between what they considered religious faith and the “real” world.

If they were like me they were thinking, “Sure Jesus is the Messiah, but we’re in a real storm, here! Jesus, wake up and start bailing! That’s just the lesson they learned, he doesn’t need to bail and we don’t either – at least not in a panic!

He was, and is, active in the “real” world of storms and layoffs, bills and breakdowns, saving us from what we can’t handle, living through us, with his grace, in what we can.

-fritz


1 – Matthew 16:15-17

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>Discovering what means the most

July 1, 2010 by Fritz

>”Take a piece of paper and write what you value the most”, said the preacher. We all dutifully put things like God, family, others, prayer, bible reading, making sure we got the order just right; this was not our first rodeo, so to speak.

Then we were told to turn that paper over and write where we spent most of our time – work, TV watching, playing games, sleeping, etc.

Afterwards he said to draw a big “X” over side one; where we spend most of our time is what we, really, value the most.

– fritz

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>What is Full-time Christian Service?

June 30, 2010 by Fritz

>We are all called to “Full-time Christian Service”. No, not as a pastor, missionary, or “Evangelist” but to be fully engaged with Christ in the roles we have.

We are conditioned to think service to Christ means doing “religious” things and we find those things increasingly irrelevant. We are not called to live his life, we are to allow him to live ours. Recognizing his presence to help us do our lives his way is very relevant, even essential.

Dallas Willard, a university professor, put it this way,

“As Jesus’ apprentice … I constantly have before me the question of how he would deal with students and colleagues … How would he design a course … How would he compose a test, administer it, and grade it? What would his research projects be, and why?1

Begin by asking, “Would Jesus do this line of work?” If not ask him to lead you to something else but if, “Yes”, ask him do it through you his way.

Butchers and bakers, homemakers and pastors, missionaries and factory workers, if serving Christ, are all in Full-Time Christian Service.

– fritz

1 – The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard, Published by HarperCollins e-books, Copyright 1998

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