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Faith by Debbie Wallis
Monday, February 1, 2016 right motive by wanting to be a contributor to society and pay back student loans and own their own home or business but the means to gain it or sometimes self- centeredness. Young adults are anxious to make their mark of success in this world, to prove their capability to their family, friends, and teachers in this consumer driven world.
“Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition, jealousy or pride, be humble and consider others more important than yourselves. Care about them as much as you care about yourselves and think the same way that Christ Jesus thought,” Philippians 2:3-5. A Christian who has been living for the Lord for several years may still “You cannot be the slave of two find themselves comparable to the masters! You will like one more than young adult wanting the world as the other or be more loyal to one they want it…and quickly. You than the other. You cannot serve must keep reminding yourself to both God and money,” Matthew be like Jesus. Worship becomes 6:24. about you, about your tastes, likes, and dislikes. Humility removes A young adult emerges from college self from the center because the to a consumer culture of wealth. world and God’s plan is not in There are two philosophies at war in orbit around you. Go back to your this world. One is the Jesus way of Bible and remember His character. sacrifice, submission, humility, and patience. It is the view where God is We are highly impulsive people. at the center and His disciples live We have been trained to expect for others. This view is that it is not everything we need or want about us, it is about pointing others quickly. The internet meets our to God. When we live with this unquenchable appetite for high conviction the means in which we speed knowledge, goods and achieve it is important. The other services and the culture is getting philosophy that dominates is the faster, and highly competitive. In consumer culture. It is a world view our country we require fast internet of consumption, assertiveness, and fast food on a daily basis. speed, and fame. In the consumer Spiritual fast food will destroy view it is all about me, me and me. you. My friends know I’m In the Jesus way, Jesus becomes somewhat of a health nut. One more—in the consumer way, man boring rainy day I watched this becomes more. documentary film called, “Super Size Me.” The story is about a Sometimes a young adult will make young man who ate three meals a hasty decisions on where to live and day for thirty days at McDonalds what to do with their new found and gained thirty pounds. Even freedom. They have enough though he thought he was choosing education to give them confidence the healthier of the choices he but enough inexperience to make suffered problems that were all them dangerous. They may have the associated with fast foods and
weight gain. If you read the Bible to be able to quote scripture, appear spiritual or advance yourself in your own way, it is a dangerous fast food diet. You may gain what you searched for but it’s comes with an unhealthy spiritual price. Spiritually immature Christians can have knowledge from the Bible but still not be allowing it to change their lives. Read the Bible to know who God is. Read the Bible with the commitment to submit to His ways. I have read many books, but the Bible reads me! I see the difference in how I am and how I was and how God says I can be. As a immature Christian, I didn’t recognize how far from Christ like I really was. I read it as a text book, a novel and because I knew I was suppose to. The formation of your character into the character of Christ can’t be hurried but it’s urgent so it shouldn’t be delayed. It’s a slow work and it all depends on how fast we submit to the authority of God… and it gets very messy. People fail, delay, make mistakes, resist, and are afraid to change. In America slow and urgent are not compatible, they cancel each other out. In God’s Kingdom,
Page #8 patience and urgent are yoked together. “And Jesus said, ‘Everyone then who hears these words of Mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.’” Matthew 7:24-27. I pray you are growing steadily as you give your life to the authority of Jesus. From born again to being a young Christian may have taken a year or maybe you’ve been delaying that growth. God wants you to know Him and who He is through the changes you allow Him to make in your life. If you don’t have a Bible please contact me at sfadebbie@yahoo.com and I will provide you one.
