Here we go again, the busy season is starting. This time of year is for preparing. Bringing in the Harvest, both naturally and spiritually. A time of change. Preparing for winter, a time of gestation. I relate a lot to seasons. God created the seasons in life around us to give us an understanding of His Kingdom. It is up to us to search it out through study and prayer. What is He showing you through the seasons around us?

He is showing me how we often take the harvest for granted. We always assume there will be more and we aren’t good stewards. I am talking about the church in general. When was the last time you saw someone saved? How seriously do you pray for the lost. They are the harvest field. Are we letting them rot by the side of the road, neglected? Are we just expecting God to supply more? Do we have the attitude that if we mess up on this one we will just go on to the next? Or do we love them enough to tell them the truth like they were the only ones? Do we treat them like they are just another number? The harvest represents people, each individual, each extremely loved by God, each with an eternal soul. How seriously do we take the Gospel?

the US Army says, “Be All That You Can Be”

Olympic trainers say, “Go For The Gold”

children’s stories say, “Reach for the Stars”

motivational speakers say, “Go Big or Go Home”

athletes say, “No Pain, No Gain”

but the church says, “I’m not perfect,  just forgiven”

WHAT IS THAT? I will tell you what it is, an excuse for compromise and complacency. Whatever happened to, going the extra mile, giving the shirt off your back, willing to die for a cause, and denying self and picking up a cross? Whatever happened to standards and Holiness? Whatever happened to truth? Truth worth dying for?  And suffering because you knew that it was going to be worth it? And whatever happened to speaking it out loud?

It is time that the church of America, the one that stands for Jesus gets off her backend and does something real for the cause of Christ. Before it is too late and there is no more real church in America, or before there is no more America for that matter. 

What are you settling for? I love what Steven Hill said so often during the Brownsville Revival, “Is what you’re living for worth dying for?” Well that needs to be our slogan to the world. We need to return to the preaching that reminded us Hell is a real place. A place where there is no longer hope. We need to be reminded that our actions affect other’s lives. That what we say and do can direct a person’s path. We need some responsibility and accountability. Not the type of accountability that says, “did you read your bible today?’ But the type that says, hey that was WRONG, what are ya doin? The world is watching. “  

We need to get real, and reflect that our Savior is real. Because very soon the Gospel is going to be seen as just another fairy tale.