Spiritual Giants
My friend Chris brought this to my attention a number of weeks ago. I was in the garage polishing some chrome on the hawg and checking my latest twitter updates. I posted "I'm polishing chrome." He then posted "Where are the spiritual giants of our time?" I posted "They're polishing chrome!" He then posted back that he was serious, so I had to be too!
It got me to thinking...who are they? There are so many Christian leaders today who are talking about all kinds of things, but mostly just about leadership and the church. They are church giants perhaps, but who are the spiritual giants? And in our own UM Conference leadership, we have our leaders and stuff, but who are the spiritual giants? And in our own church, Cornerstone, I am a leader and we have a capable leadership team and staff, but who are the spiritual giants?
The Bible is filled with tales of none of the types of people I've just mentioned. The reason? They did nothing to change the world. The Bible is instead filled with tales of spiritual giants...people who boldly loved and preached the Word of God. And in this day and age, who is that? It should be me, and it haunts me with the question...why isn't it?
4 comments:
Well spoken and challenging words for all of us -- there is an urgent need to be immersed in God's Word and in prayer on a daily basis, and part of that prayer should be that God will raise up prophets such as a John the Baptist, an Elijah, a Micaiah who confronted 2 kings face to face, etc. Who knows, maybe God will choose one or two from our midst for such a solemn task in a nation that has lost its moral compass!
Why SHOULDN'T it be you...me...us? Certainly, now is a time when God calls his people back to his holy word, and the Lordship of Christ, THE essential Christian teaching, seems sometimes forgotten and/or ignored in favor of personal likes & dislikes (and I'm guilty as charged) or what is deemed "cool" or "relevant" (a vastly misunderstood & abused word). This isn't a bad goal to set for ourselves, our probationer class, and our closest cronies.
Amen to you both. It should be us...it should be me. Lord, give me the strength and desire to seek you, preach you, live you.
Brett,
I can think of two teenagers who are definitely spiritual giants already: Alex and Brett Harris. They wrote a recent book called "Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations." They also created a website (www.therebelution.com). I think every teenager (and every adult too) should take their stuff seriously! They are worldchangers!
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