walked away

It was just another quick stop for a cup of coffee when I bumped into an old friend. First it was a great exchange of pleasantries when she just seemed different. I asked what was going on and in one of those "you know that you know" moments I asked her where she was in her faith journey. She had just converted! From Christianity! I could just feel my heart sink in my chest from her words as she could not stop talking about this great experience. She used to talk this way about Jesus, but not now.

See... I am sad not just because of the eternal consequences. I am sad because she, like so many others, are the products of exactly what we have invested in. She never "cussed, drank, smoked, chewed or ran with guys that do"; she behaved well. Yet, she was not taught to be a disciple; taught of the way of transformation. She never understood that change, life change, comes from the inside.

I converted to Jesus because I understood His sacrifice to be true. I follow Jesus because He loves me enough to change me; change the patterns that keep me in bondage. Until you let Him transform you... you're a dry secularist... all the drivers of your addiction are laying in wait while your behaviors are kept in moderation. We need to be bold enough to be discipling people with the whole truth. To be the ones that show them the power of God to transform and to set them free. Salvation is not about a form prayer it's about a transformed life. So I hope you will re:think this and look to model and teach this living from life from a transformed inner world... lest you too be converted! Think not... that's what she said!

Shalom