Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Luke 11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
I have been thinking of this topic for a while now and in all honesty, my thoughts have been troubling. As I thought about it, I saw myself being drawn to compare Christianity with Islam. I arrived at the sad, and I hope wrong, conclusion that Muslims are more kingdom minded than Christians.
Please bear with me, as I try to explain what made me arrive at this conclusion, even if you do not agree.
When Muslims arrive a place, their focus and emphasis is on how to take over the government of such a location. They do not seek to blend into the society until they become completely unrecognizable. The observe their daily prayer rituals. They wear their veils without regards to what is the fashion that is in vogue at the moment. They do not seek to customize their veils because of changing trends. When they work in an organization, they demand flexible work hours that allow them practice their daily ritual of prayer and will leave work to get to the mosque on Friday.(while Christians will even leave off going to Church on Sunday to work). Try insulting their prophet on any social media platform and you will never find one Muslim that will agree with you(that's after several death threats) even if what you said was reasonable but those who claim to be Christians will be the ones to begin a topic to mock Jesus and Christianity.
As I continued thinking about this, my thoughts rested on Islamic Terror groups that have sprung up every where. Have you ever wondered how they do not seem short of men that are willing to die to promote their cause? Have you ever thought about what could have been promised them, that makes them willing to die? What Makes a man willing self-sacrifice to advance a religion? (Most Christians are not even willing to live for what they believe in, not to talk of dying for it). Today, the world fights against men who have already agreed to die before they set out. How do you fight such men and succeed? I ask myself, do these men have families? Who takes care of their families when they die? Yet with their dying breathe they cry the name of Allah believing that their death will do him some service.
If on the other hand, you look at Christians most are not willing to live out what they believe. They seem timid to share their faith and are apologetic at best in the defense of the cause of the kingdom. At the slightest sign of pressure they will compromise in other not to suffer. Terrorists with families are sent out and the families they leave behind are taken care of but we send missionaries and do not care what happens to their families. Christians pursue every changing trend in fashion and churches now invite comedians to entertain in an already crowded program of service. We have equated the pulpit as a place of entertainment and not were men's eternal destinies can be changed.
Men like Charles G. Finney did not step to the pulpit to entertain? They knew that men's eternal destinies depend on what they say or do not say. the gravity of their office weighs on them as they stand to speak for God.
In closing, I would like to ask. Are we concerned about the advancement of the kingdom of God or do we still promote our own agenda? What do you spend your resources on? What are you willing to live for, and if need be die for?
I think the time is upon us when a cry will go out, Who is on the Lord's side?!!!
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