Martin Luther King Jr. once observed that "the only real revolutionary is a person who has nothing to lose" There is a truth to this. Those of us with too much invested in the way things are will never embrace the revolutionary cause required for whole-hearted change.
Think Mandela, Gandhi, and as mentioned Martin Luther King Jr.......
"Free from reliance on the system they sought to overthrow, they were liberated to dedicate themselves to their revolutionary cause.
The submission to the threshold of a cross is at the root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely. Now discipleship is not about mere attendance in church meetings; it is about how we develop, mature, learn, and relate to God. It is about divesting oneself of allegiance to a religious system or institution and embracing the freedom of having nothing to lose. Much of who we are as Jesus's people will depend largely on the quality of our discipleship.
A church as Jesus defined it ought to be comprised of disciples and not just admirers, or it is hardly a church"
Extracts from 'The Faith of Leap' by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch
Are we ready to 'take a walk on the wild side' as the song goes..? What are we truly reliant upon? How deeply is the Gospel imprinted on our own hearts, let alone upon our lips for others? Discipleship flows accidentally from lives that seek to walk intentionally by the Spirit. If you are a believer upon Christ that is great, but let us not allow a misplaced quest for security, convenience or a form of Godliness to become our raison d'etre, but rather Christ and Christ crucified, a life ravished by gratitude, revelling in and thankful for the Good News in which we stand! Found in Him. Watch what happens then!
Lets take a walk on he Wild side!
JS
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