Insignificant Christianity: Live Somewhere Else

If you want to be a truly insignificant Christian it is vital that you live some where else other than where you are right now. Often insignificant Christians cannot see where they are (right now) nor do they understand the value that they bring to today.

If it is your desire to be a really insignificant Christian you must allow yourself to live in the past.

I know that "back in the day" 

The streets were safer

  The neighbors were kinder

    The food tasted better, because everyone ate at home

      The old church was preferred because of it's pastor, its songs, and the pot luck dinners

        All of the children behaved better...even the animals behaved better

          ...and the list goes on and on...

Who will take a stand in the middle of today and declare powerful Christianity?

It is certain that our culture has changed, and remembering the "good old days" may bring sweet thoughts and memories of your past; but at what price? I do think that we spend a lot of time wishing things could be the same as we remember, but those days are gone. If the truth were told we may have never understood the sacrifice that our elders may have payed for our days to be so sweet...thanks mom and dad.

What we need to do as vital functioning change agents for Christ today is to stand up and face our difficulties and be real men and women of God by obeying His word and living righteously. Living in the past will drain power from today; leaving us wondering why our lives feel so empty and meaningless.

The other place that we often make the mistake of living is the future. Certainly it is prudent and wise to plan for tomorrow and step into that day by faith. I have made the mistake of dreaming too much about what might be, waiting for some mysterious door to open only to find that I have missed opportunities to be a significant Christian. It is a little sad because I may never get those opportunities back again.

One day while leaving Jericho a blind man was crying out for Jesus to notice him; his name was Bartimaeus. His name meant "son of Timaeus". Timaeus meant one who was unclean, weak, (defective). Bartimaeus (the son of weakness and uncleanness)  was the son of a man of weakness; his father may have had a very similar problem. Perhaps this uncleanness and weakness may have been genetic. Bartimaeus was not allowed to enter the temple and was likely the scorn of the people around him because of his frailty and his past;  it is very likely that everyone knew all about this family.

When he cried out to Jesus he tossed aside the garment he wore that may have  identified his condition and decided to leave the past behind. Jesus asked Bartemaus what do you need me to do for you? Bartimaeus might have replied, "Lord, deliver me from my blindness and my past" and Jesus did.

Lord help me to get past my past to be a significant Christian.