We are worthy

It has been a long time since I wrote a blog entry. I even told myself I would try to at least write a post once a month in 2015. I have epically failed at one of my goals and it just February. Honestly, I don’t have an excuse for not writing. I have the time at night, but I am always consumed with how I will write it or how perfect it needs to be that I often quit before I even start. So before you read any further, I just want you all to know this one isn't for those English grammar freaks, anyway, you should know English is not my first language, ha.  

Our pastor, Zach Van Dyke, has been going through the 3 parables found in Luke 15 for the past two Sundays. Last Sunday he spoke about the pharisees who grumble about Jesus eating with tax collectors. As we all know the pharisees were the most religious of the religious, yet they questioned Jesus for loving sinners. Zach asked the congregation what are we, as believers who know Christ, doing for the million plus non-Christians in Orlando. Do we think non-Christians are too far from the love of God? Are we like the Pharisees? When he asked that question my first thought was…absolutely not. I love people well, I accept people, and I have many non-Christian friends who I hang out with. But I had never thought of how Pharisaical  I actually am….how I do worry about what my non-Christian friends will think of me if I were to say Jesus is my Lord and Savior. How I refrain to give him all the glory for the miracles that have taken place in my life. How, at times, I have not shared the gospel with someone because I thought they were too far gone and what difference would it make. I felt convicted instantly. I haven't stopped thinking of those words. I used to be the person who seemed far too gone to receive God's love. I am 100% sure, on paper, I fit all the qualification for a person who was far too gone for the grace of God. What if those around me, who poured endlessly, would have turned their backs on me or never shared the Word with me? What if they had thought I was TOO far gone to be saved? I am just like the Pharisees. I have thought long and hard about what I could do to change my heart? Well for starters I need to stop underestimating God's power to reach anyone and everyone; no one is too far lost or gone for the grace of God. I can share the miracles in my own life and give God the glory He deserves. I also need to stop being silent about God. I need to speak up and not be fearful. Like Zach stated in his sermon, I am so glad God's mission is about seeking the lost.