The Selfless Generation : Jonathan Crabtree
This post is entitled the selfless generation and I have a feeling this will be popping up every so often for a while on this blog because this is exactly what I am trying to help facilitate and inspire through this blog in general, its about giving you life tips and inspiring you to go the extra mile for your fellow man, making your life less about you and more about the people around you. Just look to the bible at the two commandments Jesus gives, Love the lord your god with all your heart, soul and strength, and also love your neighbour as you do yourself. If we could raise up as a generation of young people who truly understood that commandment and lived it out how much of an impact would that have?! Look at your life for a second and look at how you treat yourself, when you get a spare bit of change you go out and buy yourself new stuff, you look out for your wellbeing. We need to have this same attitude towards everyone in our lives, regardless of how they treat us and act as an example to the rest of society. The fact is no one wants to know about a "religion" telling someone the good news of jesus will stir something in them but it alone wont have an impact without a level of good and love that comes from your heart and from your actions. The world is full of people telling them they can make their lives better, wether it be an advert for a pair of trainers, a new skin product, a deodorant, a new fast food restaurant, they are all telling you they can make you perform better, feel better, give you a better life, what makes the story of jesus any different to those promises to someone who doesn't believe? no amount of persuasion and argument will change their mind. However the thing that pulls the argument over is a changed live, a good action, a friendly deed. No corporation will get anywhere without customer referral, without someone trying it and saying to a friend, WOW! this really works! we need to understand as a christian that we are the best advert for christianity there is, most people have a preset view of christians, how they look, what they do, what music they listen to, how they act. our job is to blow that out the water by being ourselves and also being loving, kind and selfless. Christianity has bad press all over the world because of the extremes, people falling over in services to us as christians seems amazing and wonderful, but to someone who doesn't understand its strange and unwelcoming. If we don't show people that not all churches are like that then they will never realise it! We need to be open about our faith so that people can understand further and realise what it is that is so different about us! I guarantee that if you are a real christian who loves god, but aren't open about your faith people will know you are different but not know why! You will be surprised how people notice you change and they just didn't know what had! We are the front line, the hands and feet of God so we need to remind ourselves every day that the day is not just ours, but it is gods and we need to live in the knowledge that every day is a gift from God, Im not saying drop everything you do, because lets face it living a life of soul devotion to god is only for a few people, if everyone was born to be a pastor who would we all pastor? and more importantly, who would let the people at your school or your work know about jesus and act as salt and light? We are called for exactly where we are at, all we need to do is take up that calling and change your mindset, dedicate your day to god each morning, pray before your day begins, remind yourself you need to be the difference during the day, speak life into people rather than joining in the complaining, bring some joy where there are dampened spirits and tell yourself your going to put some people before you in your day. Im telling you for free the change wont happen over night, but If you don't make a decision to change and take some steps it will take much longer than if you step out and put yourself before god. The process of becoming selfless is natural when your a christian, but taking the steps I just spoke about speed up the process and make it much easier to facilitate when you bring god right into your day from the outset! Hope this has helped you and I hope you have a blessed week!
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