Deep - Part Five

Today is the final thought (for now) on answering the question, "What is deep?"

One of the things I have noticed about every person I have ever met that has spiritual depth is that they are passionate for the lost! 

I'm not talking about that they try to reach out to one person a year, they don't "hope" people get Jesus, they intentionally live among those that don't know Christ! Don't get me wrong - they have solid relationships with believers also, but they understand the role of the 2 types of relationships. They never compromise their values when they are with non - believers! But they do spend time reaching out to them!

One of the things that breaks my heart is how many people never do anything to reach out to the lost! It is as if we simply don't care! Wow - that bugs me! How could we ever be so selfish that we make our faith about ourselves instead of God and others? That's why the whole "deep" things bothers me so much! Most people (there are exceptions) who want to go "deep" aren't doing jack to reach out to a lost and dying world. Matter of fact, they sit around judging the activities of the church versus just living a missional life.

I want to spend my life (and will) reaching out to others! My dream isn't to get fat and happy, it is to live a life consumed by God's compassion for those who don't know Him. I'm pretty sure Christ was so consumed by this He gave His life! 

I want to spend my life (and will) leading a church that is consumed by God's heart for those who don't know Him! While we will grow (and are) in spiritual depth, I have no desire to stop reaching the thousands of people within our community that don't know Him! 

I don't think that when I stand before God that he'll say, "Well done" because I knew the Greek word for shelter. (although it does help to know the Greek) I hope to hear those words because I lived a life focused on furthering Christ's mission in the world!

Comments

[Zac Christian]

AMEN,

Hey Clark I hope all is going awesome... I love it man, I think people get so caught up in self that they forget about those that are Lost and destined for Hell and the reality that that was all of us at some point and someone stepped outside of themselves and shared Christ with us. I had a family that said they saw some of your guys with "HUNGRY" signs and they loved it.

Blessings,

Zac

[Chad Barton]

I'm new to the blog scene, so I don't even know if this will post correctly, but I will give it a try. I would like to make a comment on the following thought from an entry that was made a few days ago:

"I would like to go through his acceptance speech (which was executed perfectly) line by line. For instance - he alluded to 'all of our responsibilities' - does that mean we are going to have a flat tax rate for all? Just a thought."

The way I read the New Testament, Jesus and Paul both seem to believe that the wealthy (or, at least, the non-poor) have more of a responsibility. So ... it seems to me that a flat tax would not be a biblical sharing of the responsiblity.

Chad