My Soap Box

I peruse Facebook through my wife’s page often to keep up with those around me and mainly to be nosey. Through my actions I have noticed posting regarding national weeks set aside for just about everything under the sun. For example, there is national daughter week, son week, father week, mother week, grandmother week, grandfather week, and so on. But I’ve noticed there’s nothing set aside for God. This bothers me. The Creator of the universe, the Alfa and Omega, the Great Physician, the Father to the fatherless, the Healer, the Savior of the World, the Great I am who is so large He created the whole Universe yet is magnificent enough to become so small He can dwell within man’s heart does not have a week set aside. I feel we are missing the mark. For example, when you are in a restaurant with a guest do you find yourself waiting to see if he/she is going to bow their heads to pray? Or do you ask yourself this question, “If they pray over their food then I will pray over mine.” Really? The God who has given you eternal life, the God who has given you your children, the God who has allowed you to breath over and over and over, the God that allows everything to go exactly right in your body just so you can read this post, the God who mandates the Earth rotate on its axis at just the right angle and maintain its orbit, the God who tells the waves to stop, the God who has prepared a place just for you, and we are afraid to stop for five seconds and honor Him in public. The Bible tells us one day every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. Have you ever wondered how God is going to make that happen? Many believe God is going to make everyone bow and confess. However, I challenge you to find where God has every mandated mankind to do anything. He has always given man the choice to make his own decisions. How then will everyone know to bow and confess before Christ? Remember during the time of Moses when he was getting the Ten Commandments from God and how God would directly speak to His people. However, God became angry with Israel and the people were so afraid they asked Moses to become their liaison between them and God. Thus, the office of Prophet was created. The Israelites could not handle God’s awesome power. He is so big and we are so miniscule that His mere voice alone is overwhelming to us. When Jesus returns He will be so awesome that everyone will realize how insignificant they are and understand who He is. Therefore, the response will be to fall down at His feet and confess Him as Lord. If God is this big and powerful then shouldn’t we have a little more respect for Him? My challenge this week and in weeks to come is for us Christians to respect and honor God in every aspect of our lives. Too often Christians are only Godlike when surrounded by other Christians. We need to be Christians 24/7/365. Remember one day God (not the World) is going to ask us what we have done with His Son Jesus and we will have to give an account for our actions. Therefore, let’s be hot or cold and not lukewarm. If you are in the middle make a choice. Straddling the fence only confuses those around you who are undecided about God. God picked you, if you’ve picked Him ACT LIKE IT!