Flat-Tire Faith

Flat-Tire Faith

In our current time faith in God is under diabolical attack.  Christians are insulted, assaulted, belittled, cursed, mocked, spat upon and worse.  Aggression is worldwide.  Some call this the post-Christian era. Martyrdom is terrifyingly increasing.  Will any Christians survive this annihilation?

There is another atrocity going on.  It is subtle, epidemic and soul damaging.  It is a type of loving the world and its enticements.  It offers a choice: narcissism or faith. 

Fear silences believers.  Testifying is scary as it is laughed at, scorned, and put down...firmly.  Embarrassment throbs and silences too many Christians.It is safer,easier and more calming to keep one’s faith inward.  Stop trying to share the love of God.

The result of these blitzkrieg attacks melts any fervor that used to motivate believers.

Courage is muted.  The Lord’s strength is doubted. Faith is fading if not crushed.  Faith has had a flat tire caused not by a blowout but rather a slow leak.

Weep if you will but the Holy Spirit is still alive and offers wise advice to restore a rousing faith. The inspired Scriptures are like tidal waves pushing the needed solution in front of us.  Reading the Gospels will excite even the weakest. Exuberant faith will follow. The Apostle who wrote volumes about believing and never doubting the Lord wrote that undying faith will result from carefully going over the life of Jesus found in the Gospels.

“Jesus provided far more God-revealing signs than are written down in this book.  These are written down so you will believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and in the act of believing, have real and eternal life in the way he personally revealed it.” (John 20:30,31, MSG)

“Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in.  Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever.  And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!” (Hebrews 12:3, MSG)

Many years ago the poets wrote "I Have Returned."  Is it time for you to listen as it is sung?

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