Normally I wouldn't submit basically the same posting on my two blogs, but this one has been at the forefront of my mind since Sunday so I wanted to share it here also....
Our pastor taught on Sunday about Jonathan and his armor bearer. The nation of Israel was basically hopeless against the Philistine army with only a couple of swords and far less people. But Jonathan was not going to sit back and be destroyed so he decided to sneak up the side of the mountain to where the mountain pass was being guarded with Philistine soldiers. It seemed like a death wish, but he felt God was leading him to do this. He presented his plan to his armor bearer who boldly stated that no matter what Jonathan did, he would be with him "heart and soul." No matter what the situation; no matter what the odds. He was passionately sold out to Jonathan and his mission.
What are we sold out to? God calls us to live lives that are passionately sold out to Him... to understand that the purposes God created us for included being "crucified with Christ" so that it is no longer us living, but Christ living through us. What then, does it mean, to have Christ living through us? Well, how did Christ teach us to live? It is better to love than hate; to forgive than hold bitterness; to help than to walk away --- I believe Christ calls us to a radically inclusive kind of love. When we live our lives walking in love (not mushy gooshy words over action, but the kind of love that transforms lives) then we are showing that we are with God "heart and soul."
"Do all that you have in mind," his armor-bearer said. "Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul." - 1 Samuel 14:7
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