This hit me as a personal wake up call… I often find myself being a “legalistic” Christian, and it drives me insane. I think I scoff about things and talk more than I act… and it is my goal to address that when I return to Austin.
His blog is www.aaronivey.com, I read it 134312 times a day, haha.
Here is the blog:
just finished an AMAZING night at Windemere in Missouri. we’re at a Student Life in Lake of the Ozarks, and tonight was really really great. Matt Carter is here with us and tonight he spoke about our faith being inseparable from serving the poor and oppressed. such a great word. “Let Your Kingdom Come” is a new song on this new record, and it was the perfect song tonight.
there’s a lyric in that song that says, “so let the sick run free, the orphan find her home; the captured man will know, release from slavery….let your kingdom come, let your will be done…” these are the kinds of things that happen when you and i take part in the Kingdom of God here and now. this is what happens when Christians are actually living out their faith, NOT just sitting in their warm comfy pews or desks fighting over non-Kingdom issues… i get so TIRED of hearing about all the things legalistic Christians (Baptists seem to be the loudest) are up-in-arms about… whether it’s tattoos, alcohol, Obama, or simply the style of worship… after nights like tonight… it makes the futility of all those silly and divisive stances seem so apparent.
all the while, real issues like… the plight of the orphans abroad and in our local cities, the sex slave industry, local and global poverty, hunger and lack of clean water, homelessness, teenage moms figuring out how to make ends meet while finishing their education, living and breathing the gospel of Christ to all of our disbelieving neighbors and friends in every situation…. all these issues go unnoticed as many of the Christian faith stay in their bubbles and fight over non-Kingdom/un-Biblical issues. and it makes that all just seem so worthless honestly.
glad to be a part of a band, a church, and a group of friends that is bent on doing whatever it takes to live towards the Kingdom. we’re seeing really cool things happen in our home city, and amazing things on the road so far. so cool. what a great night… thanks to God for choosing to move and speak tonight.
-p.no
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