Let's stop talking

Finished reading Francis Chan's "Crazy Love" this week while I was in Colorado. This is a book that I started reading awhile back and then set aside after reading a couple chapters. After another friend recently recommended it again, I decided to pick it back up and finish reading it. Powerful stuff. It prompted lots of thoughts for me, but the overall feel that I got from the book was let's start living the life that Jesus has called us to and stop talking about it. Several chapters are dedicated to examining ourselves according to scripture including the parable of the good soil. He writes, "a lukewarm Christian is an oxymoron: there's no such thing. To put it plainly, churchgoers who are "lukewarm" are not Christians. We will not see them in heaven." That hits deep with me. He doesn't want part of us, God wants all or nothing. Let's quit playing church and start living a radical, counter-cultural life. Enough talk. Let's put it into action. He writes, "God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through." Enough doing what we can accomplish and start doing what only God can accomplish. That will look different for each of us but we need to stop living to be safe and comfortable. What has God placed on your heart to do? Now do it.