ALIVE

Did you ever see the exhibit at Disneyland where Abraham Lincoln gave a speech? I thought it was real. It was so life-like. How about those guys in the Haunted Mansion that are singing and their eyes follow you as you go by them; don’t they look real?

Many things have an appearance of being alive. Just because a building has a sign on it that says it’s a church, doesn’t mean that it is “alive” and doing what it is supposed to do for Jesus. Listen to this excerpt from the letter to the church in Sardis…

“…He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. ²‘Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. ³‘So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. Revelation 3:1 - 3 (NASB)

Does your church seem to be “alive” and on fire for the things of the Lord? Or, does it seem to be in a rut just getting together on Sunday morning for coffee, donuts, a few hymns, listening to a sermon and then off to dinner at noon?

Are people coming to know Jesus as Savior in your church? Are missions (home or abroad) an important part of your church’s budget? If not, wake up, the Lord says. Reignite the flame that once burned within you to tell people about Jesus Christ. He is alive and so should we, his followers, be.

SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD