Yesterday was a really special day in every way, it was so blessed, thank the Lord. I got up super early (5 AM) to watch the sunrise, i can never get enough of those...it was great, there was no one on the beach except a few birds and myself, oh and this one sand crab that kept popping out of his hole to see if i was gonna do anything tricky, but thats it. My roommates and i cleaned the whole skate park last night, it took about 5 hours; we worked till around 2 AM, but it was worth it, every minute of it was absolutely hilarious, i couldnt stop laughing, i even started crying i was laughing so hard. It wouldnt have been that big of a deal if we hadnt been climbing the rafters to clean piles of dust that had been accumulating for 5 years (literally 5 years), but we were on the rafters, which meant we were a minimum of 20 feet off the ground for about 5 hours, sometimes closer to 30 feet, but we all managed to make it through unscathed. After we got done we were all covered in dust and filth so we went for a swim by the pier, yes thats right we went swimming at 2 AM, and it was just as sketchy as it sounded, the water was freezing and black. Also from what i understand thats one of the more likely times to encounter a shark, so altogether it seemed rather foolhardy, but it also made me take a step back and realize something, and thats really why im posting this blog, to discuss something the Lord laid on my heart.
Often times people (guys mainly i assume) associate living for Christ with exposing themselves to dangerous things, for some reason we think it makes us more bold and filled with faith. Don't get me wrong if anyone has done a long list of dangerous and dumb things its me, but thats why i can write this with accuracy. It seems like people just dont know how else to express their faith so they go and do things that make them feel free. The expression of freedom and enjoying life is an essential portion of living in Christ, make no mistake, however it is not the goal, its simply one piece of the puzzle. We are called to live lives of faith, dangerous and radical lives that go against the culture and make heads turn, but often times those heads turn to see OUR acts, instead of turning heads to the light of the Lord. John the Baptist had it right...that guy lived his life for Christ up until they beheaded him for speaking the truth. You see he did live a life of danger, but he didnt seek the danger, he sought God and the Lord used John's faith to accomplish things that no one else could do, prepare the way for Jesus.
I guess all im saying is that instead of doing dangerous things to prove our faith, we should be obedient in our faith, because whether we like it or not faith is something that will lead us to danger, out of our comfort zones and into the realm of total reliance upon the Lord.
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