Summer is upon us and we are once again bombarded with opportunities. With schools out, I see the streets, malls, parks, and local swimming pools flooded with kids of all ages. Some kids are working at these places, other kids are just hanging out. Both situations are fine, as long as they are also presented with options to learn, exercise, and grow spiritually. The sad truth is, many are not given these options, especially ones that allow them to encounter God in a greater way.
I also see more adults out. Many are headed out on vacations, looking for things to do on the weekends, staying out later at night as the days are growing longer with more sunlight.
What are we truly living for? There is a very distinct line between having fun, and living out the mandate we have on our lives as Christians. That line is defined in by two things: time, and money. Where we spend our time and money indicates whether or not we have been pulled by the intense vacuum of distractions the world offers. We must make a decision for ourselves and our families to fight purposefully and intentionally to engage God, listen to His Holy Spirit and do something to help build His kingdom by reaching the unreached. This summer will be filled with movie trailers advertising “blockbuster” films. Here’s a storyline that trumps any trailer:
And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.”
Revelation 12:7-11 (NKJV)
Global Infusion has seven mission teams in the field, with five more on their way this summer. These teams are filled with people who will engage the enemy in the darkest corners of the planet. They have to believe for more than paying some monthly bills. They have to rely on the power of the blood of Jesus to fight the good fight. They have traded time and money that could have been spent on the superfluous things of this world, for a chance to win the lost.
I ask you again, what do you live for?
