i'm tired of people...

Yes, I admit, this post is a bit of a rant.

Here goes: I'm tired of people. Let me clarify...I'm tired of people living for themselves--not doing anything significant with their lives. Not living their lives in light of eternity.

I'm fed up with this 'here and now,' instant-gratification generation.

I'm tired of excuses. "Well, I just don't have the time, my life is so busy right now." Or, "After this season of life, I'll do that great thing for God..." Spare me. It all boils down to priorities. The reality is that most people, and I do mean most people are just self-centered and/or indifferent to a needy, hurting, and lost world.

We've GOT to stop screwing around and begin making a difference! Ask yourself this question: What am I doing for God right now that's going to impact eternity? Or am I just offering up excuses?

People need hope. They need fed. They need healed. They need loved. They need Jesus. And the church is so preoccupied with inconsequential stuff we've stopped being the salt and light the world so desperately needs.

We cannot afford to get this wrong! The stakes are too high! Let's wake up and get busy!

If you've read this far into this post, you may be rolling your eyes or shaking your head. Maybe you're agreeing with me. Maybe you're not. Maybe you're in denial. Keep reading.

If you're not serving...you're just offering excuses as to why you aren't. That's all they are.
If you're not tithing...you're just offering excuses.
If you're not in a small group...you're just offering excuses.
If you're not leading a small group...excuses.
If you're not sharing Christ with your family, friends, coworkers, and neighbors...excuses.
If you're putting off that mission trip that God has placed before you...excuses.
If you're not investing and inviting...excuses.
If you're not helping the poor, feeding the hungry, helping the orphans, the widows...excuses.

Let's quit the excuses and start DOING!

"Well, John, if I could just have more training...if I could just have one more Bible study to prepare me...if I could just take some time to get my spiritual act together..."

Maybe getting your spiritual act together means getting off your spiritual duff and just start somewhere. Do something.

Eternity is forever. Hell is a real place. There is real suffering in this world. We can't lose sight of that! We've got to do something about it.

What can you do? Really. What can you do? The way Dwight puts it is, "What are you doing right now that if God were to die, you'd have to stop doing it?" In other words, what should you be doing right now because God is who he says he is and he's counting on you to be a difference maker?

So, is this a rant? I guess so. Am I upset? Yes. Who am I talking to? Mainly me.