Luke Warm-Naked before the Lord

My heart is aching for Christians who are not on fire.

I see so many people who are so worried about what other people are thinking that they cannot come to Christ personally...

I look back on my life and see how my experiences, mind-set and choices all led to this conclusion and my freedom from its oppression.

I always loved the part of the refrain of the song whose lyrics where "you and I walk to the beat of a different drum". The truth has set me free.

Why are people so constricted when it comes to loving God? Is it that people have such low opinions of themselves that they cannot trust their own thoughts? Is it that they crave being loved by others so much that they have to have the immediate and visible (READ: doubting Thomas) love of other human beings rather than the perfect love of God?

Human love is to fast food as God's love is to a twelve course meal.

I guess I have been greatly blessed. I have family and friends who love me for who I am, not for what "I" have done. I don't worry about limiting my relationship with God because of "what people might think." I don't need to grovel for the approval from my family and peers.

If you are afraid that people will think you are weak, trust in God and you will see how strong you can become.

I cannot say it enough....trust in God. But what comes with that is the need to worship God. This is hard for us in a country where we are taught to worship ourselves, our intelligence, our money, our status, our accomplishments, our talent....etc. Those things are so fragile and based so much on what we "do", not who we are.

If your dropped all the "me" stuff and stood naked only before the Lord, what would He see? That is what counts.