2 Timothy 3:16-17
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Isn't this how we live in our faith? We live accordingly to some of Scripture and delete others we don't like? This morning (Sept. 28) I had the privilege to experience See You At the Pole (SYATP) at Eaglecrest HS, Smoky Hill HS, and Rangeview HS. It was an experience. Students from different backgrounds, ages, and ethnicities coming together to pray for the school, teachers, and peers.
At Rangeview HS, literally over 100 students gather together at the flag pole to pray. Students slowly walked up shy and timid but joined in prayer. As time passed on the group grew bigger and bigger. Students were curious wondering what was going on. They would see their friends, tap them on the shoulder and ask what's going on? "We're praying!" "Praying for what?"
In the background you hear students asking the same questions. One states, "Praying?!?! I don't need f**king prayer. I'm a satanist!" and walks off into the main entrance of the school. A small student walks up to their friends and starts to pray with his friend. Another friend walks up, "What the f**k are you doing?". The once praying student laughs and states, "F**k this sh*t!". I wonder if he really wanted to pray and was caught off guard by a friend giving him a hard time.
A tall athletic guy is praying with the group, his girlfriend stops by. She asks what he's doing, he responds he's praying. His girlfriends asks why. No response from the boyfriend. The girl tries to drag him away, the boy stops her and states, "Naw... I'm gonna stay here. Join me or wait for me inside." The girls gives him a glare, kisses his cheek, and walk inside confused.
Each and everyday we're faced with choices. We either choose to live for the Lord or live in the world. Many of us would rather take the best of both worlds. When we do, we are taking the Sharpie marker and blacking out the very words of God we don't want to live. We're so indecisive sometimes. We try to live a double-life but God is asking the whole not a part.
Did you go this morning to SYATP? Why or why not? Was waking up an hour early too hard? Were you afraid of what your friends might say? Did you feel awkward?
Brothers and sisters, live the truth... the whole truth... and nothing but the truth!
Questions to Think About:
1. Why do you want to live a double-life? Why is it so hard to give God our whole?
2. How do you "blackout" parts of the Bible in your actions and life?
3. What persecution have you faced?
4. What parts of Scripture do you have a hard time obeying?
3 comments:
1. Why do you want to live a double-life? Why is it so hard to give God our whole?
I don't want to live a double life but I do anyways. The only reason why I have a double life with God is because I don't want to give him the bad sinful things I do. I only do that becuase I do love him. Correct me if I'm wrong but that is the reason why i tend to live a double life. also i cant stop myself from not living a double life. i know its hard but i guess ill try.
2. How do you "blackout" parts of the Bible in your actions and life?
Well i totally ignore it if im going to black something out. i seriously dont appericiate what im doing but i cant help it. the past week or two we've been talking about how our lives or chained to the post or a pole or we are letting sin be our masters. the only thing i would have to say about that is that its hard. we say "no i broke that chain between us and now im free from sin." i know i definitly say that because sometimes i do feel like i broke but somehow it feels like im attached to it again so yeah i guess that kind of connects to how i blackout the things that the Bible says like how it says Honor your Father and Mother i know i definitly black that one out most of the times because its hard to follow.
3. What persecution have you faced?
Well i know what persecution means but i dont know it fully to answer this question so yeah.
4. What parts of Scripture do you have a hard time obeying?
Ahh like i said before honoring your father and mother, the 10 comandments, um i dont know if this is in the Bible or scripture same thing but um being 2 faced, things like that i guess.
1) Oh, I definitely don't WANT to live a double-life. However, I end up living a double-life most of the time because of the people I'm surrounded with. I don't want to make other people feel uncomfortable. It's so hard to give God our whole because like you said, we want the best of both worlds. We want to have in the world while still worshiping God. We forget that it's all or nothing.
2) Hum, some parts I blackout are not judging and loving everyone. At school, it's so hard not to judge and love everyone especially because I'm an IB kid +.+ IB kids are so different from non-IB kids, which leads me to judging those not in IB. I judge the non-IB kids to be obnoxious, rude, and just flat out uncomfortable to be around. I tend to now show love to them as I do to IB kids >-<
3) Oh! Just today, my friend told me to go to a dance workshop on Sunday from 1PM to 4PM and I told him I had church. His response to that was, "What? You don't need to go to church!" & So I responded, "But I have to!" ...Does that count as a persecution? Over Facebook, I also tried to encourage someone with God's love who said he wanted to kill himself, but he deleted my comment =b
4) I feel like this is similar to number three, so judging & loving everyone. Judging is such a natural thing for me, so it is so hard to obey not judging v_v & Judging others leads me to not love them as much...Ah, I always rebuke myself afterward, but I haven't gotten to the point of completely fixing it yet >-<
1. Why do you want to live a double-life? Why is it so hard to give God our whole?
Sometimes, I want to live a double life because sometimes, I'm not very cautious and... forget God's words. It's really hard to give God my whole because... of school, distractions and more. It seems like an excuse and I seriously hope that EVERYTHING that's holding me away from God will help me to solve out a way that I can give my whole to God.
2. How do you "blackout" parts of the Bible in your actions and life?
I "blackout" parts of the bible in my actions and life by completely forgetting His words and by not applying the bible words into my life.
3. What persecution have you faced?
The persecution that I have faced was when I tried to help my friend believe in God but she ignored me. Another one was when I got into a fight with my friend that is atheist and I used God's words but she told me that she didn't care about my religion.
4. What parts of Scripture do you have a hard time obeying?
The parts of scripture that I have a hard time obeying is the ten commandments. It's hard to follow them because I sometimes face away from the rules and sometimes break God's rules.
Speaking of See You At The Pole, I'm such a baby... AGAIN.... Last year, I didn't do it because I was too scared since no one did it. This year in middle school, I honestly thought that more people would be doing it but no one did. I truthfully wanted to do it and went early enough and took an earlier bus that got to our school earlier. When I got there and went inside, I didn't see anyone. I feel like I've been "deceiving" God. I don't understand why I can't do this....
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