April 2013 - More than Financial Debt

As we move from a month considering consumerism and its affects on us, there is an area that I believe needs to be pondered.  Household financial indebtedness has risen to record levels.  We are spending more than we make or have invested.  I’ve been pondering how much this is reflected in the spiritual lives of Christians.

Are we making enough spiritual capital?  Have we invested enough into our spiritual lives that we can continue to make the withdrawals our lives demand?  Are there Christians on the verge of spiritual bankruptcy?  Am I there, or close to there, or on my way there?

This month we will be looking at key investment areas for our spiritual lives.  It is imperative that we have the spiritual capital as the world moves forward towards its end.    Jesus asked a question that constantly challenges me in this way:  “Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8, NKJV)

There is a passage in Hebrews that I want to end this brief, but hopefully catalytic, pondering with.  Now is not the time to coast in our Christianity.  We must be serious about our spirituality.  Consider the verse on the front of this bulletin and make sure we are storing up treasure in heaven (Mt. 6:19-20).

Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:19-25)

Journeying with you,

Pastor Merril