This weekend I had the opportunity to attend a “Strong Men’s Conference” at my church in Charlotte, North Carolina that was both inspiring and challenging. Men in particular need the challenge to rise above the day-to-day things of life and focus on one key question……Are they acting like men or lambs?
In our fast paced culture, there are so many voices literally screaming for our attention and trying to get us to believe and follow their advice. The problem is, how do we know which one is right? And are they right all the time? Take binoculars for instance. These devises are great and important when trying to see details from far away, but they are terrible if you’re trying to take a splinter out of your hand!
Many of us have a romantic notion about visiting a cabin in the mountains. Somehow we think that being in an old cabin with no running water or electricity will make us happy and rested. For people in the US, who actually grew up in this manner, and I know some, it was anything but romantic. It was hard work and consumed your time with chores like going to the creek for water and cutting down trees for fire wood.
Watching the riots in Berkeley University California today, I am saddened for the place of my birth. I grew up in the violent 60s & 70s near Berkeley California, so I know the nature of the culture, but is still saddens me to see California continue to spiral down into spiritual darkness.
Jesus explained that he was sent to deliver man from darkness, but man often refuse to embrace deliverance. Often people are not in spiritual darkness because of ignorance, but rather because of refusal to move towards the light of God.
