America is an individualistic society! A society in which everyone look out for themselves, a society in which everyone is preoccupied with themselves, with their goals and aspirations and have little concern about others. Yes, in America we speak about love a lot, but the reality of love is lacking in our hearts. The American way of life is like this," me first, then my immediate family, then maybe some friends and that's it." "As long as me and my family are good, I could care less about the wellbeing of others." Then we wonder why is the world so evil 🤔?
As goes the world, so goes the church 😔. The church is supposed to be a light to the world, but sadly the church as a whole follows the culture. There are individuals here and there who follow Jesus, but the majority of the church follows the world and when it comes to the individualism, many of our church folks are following the culture. The people in the world care mostly for themselves and many in the church care only for themselves. In no area is our individualistic mindset more reveal than in the area of love .
Many are preparing for heaven while lacking in the most basic principle of heaven, love ❤. We change our diet, change our clothing, change our entertainment, move away from the Sodom's of the world, we do all that we think will make us more holy, we do all we think will keep us spotless from the world. We are so focused on our own salvation that we have no time for those around us. We have no time to minister to others like Jesus did, no time to make disciples, which is close friendship, close fellowship with others because we are too busy making preparations to be saved.
Many people in the church will see you on sabbath and say happy sabbath my brother, my sister, show much love with their lips but in reality there is no love in their hearts. There is no love in their hearts because they were too busy with their affairs throughout the week to check on others, too busy making sure they are saved that they neglect the suffering souls in their midst. Many people at church only speak to one another on sabbath and that's it. They have no clue how their brothers and sisters spent their week, but they think they are making preparations for heaven .
Many people who are " preparing for heaven" will only text or call you if they need something. They are too busy to just text you to see how you doing, to see if everything is okay, to show love. Love is about action, loving someone is demonstrated in the way we treat them. It is self deception to think you are preparing for heaven while neglecting to get involved in Christ like ministry, laboring for others. Some people think they will be saved by hiding themselves and family from others. Our homes wherever they may be are supposed to be outposts to welcome others, to fellowship with others.
If you only text or call others when you need them you are not making true preparations for heaven. Heaven is a place of love and love requires efforts, constant actions for the benefit of others. All around us people qre suffering. In the church people are suffering from lack of love, lack of true friendship, true fellowship. Don't be deceived because people show up with a smile on sabbath, many a smile are only a mask to hide deep pain and misery. And you will never know what people are going through unless you are willing to focus less on yourself and minister to others. The individualistic mindset is a curse to the cause of God.
Jesus said when He returns He will separate the goats from the sheep. The goats are those who preached the Word, did miracles but neglected the poor and suffering. Jesus said you did not visit me in prison, you did not clothe me etc.. In America people are not really in need of food, but people are in need of love, of true friendship. Those who are preparing for heaven doing everything but neglecting to minister to those God put in their lives will find themselves to be goats 🐐 in the end, cast out from the presence of the Lord. They were so busy "preparing for heaven," that they neglect what heaven care about the most, showing love to others, uplifting others .
So friends, we must prepare for heaven by showing love to others. Check up on others, send a text to someone throughout the week, visit someone, call someone. Don't wait until there is an emergency or you need something to reach out to someone but make showing love to others your daily habit and you will reveal true Christian character. Also don't wait for others to reach out to you before you can reach out to them. Many are complaining about the lack of love in the church while they themselves show no love to others. If you want to be loved, you must show love to others. If you want others to reach out to you, you must reach out to others. Do unto others as you would want them to treat you.
And so it is friends that individualism and selfishness are as rampant in the church as in the world. The difference is in the church people cover their selfishness with Christian words. Souls are dying around us. Jesus is calling us to be loving and lovable Christian. We must get out of our comfort zones and show love to others. Check up on others, text others, call others, ask them how is their week going?how is their day going? You never know how much they will appreciate it. Let us prepare for heaven by showing love to others .
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