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If you read this post from Monday, you learned that during the weeks leading up to Easter, I’m going to be doing a series on Mondays entitled Facing the Giants: Interviews with the Heroes of our Faith. I hope you will join me each Monday.
On Thursday, following the Monday post, I will be offering an ‘application’ post (hence, today’s post) based on what we learned in the interview on Monday. My goal for the Thursday application post is to prod us to really consider our faith and how we live it out before a world that does not know our Jesus.
Today I want us to consider the issue of faith (topic of the Monday post referenced above) and whether it makes a difference in our lives. First, we must be sure that we have a clear picture of the object of our faith. For the Christian, the object of our faith is Jesus Christ. For followers of Islam the object of their faith is Allah and Muhammad, while for followers of Buddhism the object of their faith is Buddha. For worshippers of Satan, he is the object of their faith. My point is, friends, we gotta know and understand who we are worshipping.
Secondly, does our faith make a difference in our lives? Do you make certain choices because of your faith? Do you, as a Christ-follower, look any different than one who follows Allah or Buddha or Satan or no one? Right now I am reading Joel Rosenberg’s latest fiction book, The Twelfth Imam, so let’s consider followers of Islam as a comparison for our Christian faith.
- The follower of Islam is willing to die as a martyr for their faith. Are you willing to die for your faith in Christ?
- The faithful of Islam pray five times a day with their faces toward Mecca. Do you pray five times a day with your heart turned toward heaven? Do you pray once a day?
- A devout Muslim practices the giving of alms to the poor as one of the five tenets of Islam. Do you give to the poor, the orphans and the widows in our world?
- Islam is one of the fastest, if not the fastest, growing religion in the world today because they are diligent about seeking to convert non-believers. When was the last time you told someone what Jesus has done in your life?
MEDITATION MOMENTS:
Does your faith in Jesus Christ make a difference in your daily life? Does it in my life?
What do you need to do differently in order to show the world that your faith makes a difference in your life?
Do we even care if our faith is making a difference in our lives or are we simply nothing more than fat, happy Christians waiting on heaven?
