Done.

Done:

 

A word used to describe steaks and finished races.

 

Church, when it comes to mediocrity and complacency, this word ought to describe us.

 

 

I must confess, I have battled these two things over the past few weeks. I have battled them in me, and around me. They need to be battled, and it is only through God's grace that they are and will be defeated.

 

We must believe Jesus when He said, "It is finished." We must take Him at His word. He is honest. We can trust that what He says is true. So then, why don't we believe Him, or at least live like we do? Why do we continue to allow the sin that Jesus defeated on the cross to take hold in our lives?

 

Church, it is time for us to be done with this mess. The writer of Hebrews wrote...

 

 "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us."

Heb 12:1 (NLT)

 

Hear that? Strip off. Cast aside. We need to be done with the things, especially sin, that trip us up. They need to be finished. They need to die.

 

God has given us a race to run. We are to run it with passion. We are to run it with perseverance and endurance. We are to run it with urgency. Church, we are called to be much more than a building and much more than a Sunday meeting. We are called to be holy and set apart. We are called to be salt and light. We are called to be missionaries to a world on its way to hell. Those are things that require more than religion and routine. Those things require an intimate relationship with Christ that goes beyond attending bible study or putting something about Jesus on facebook. Start by placing your faith in Christ, and fininsh by being done with anything that gets in the way of that.