Crazy Radicals

I know. It has been awhile since I posted. Yet, "somehow," as Rat spoke to Pig in last Sunday's edition of Pearls Before Swine (Comics Section) "the world moved on. "

This one has been floating around in my brain for a couple of weeks. I am still not sure it is "done."

I have been thinking about Christ-followers who have figured out that Jesus' word to "Go" was not reserved for a few select people, but for everyone. Most of us, even those in the church, see these people as fanatics, or crazy radicals.

They don’t look like radicals. Yet, they have gotten a vision very different from what most of us see as Christianity. They have figured out that real Christianity is experienced through complete obedience, not just showing up at church once a week. They view life as a mission. Most are neither obnoxious or offensive in what they do. The love they feel for the people of the world is not natural, but put in their hearts through a relationship with their Creator.

Some of them are twenty, thirty and now forty-somethings. Some are "older" adults like myself. Some of them are college age. Some are High School kids. All are doing crazy stuff like spending a summer in service overseas, or in a difficult or remote setting in this country. They read the Bible imperatives about caring for the poor, for orphans, for outsiders. They believe Jesus was talking to them! Imagine.

They are a challenge to me, and at the same time give me hope for the future. They are willing to obey even if it means sacrificing comfort, security, wealth, etc., to impact cultures that range from “different” to “I-cannot-believe-you-are-living-there-like-that.”

They desire to not waste their life pursuing something that they will one day leave behind. Instead, they invest their lives in things eternal.

The Apostle Paul said... “We are fools for Christ’s sake…” 1 Corinthians 4:10

Crazy.