i am done with...being unmoved and unchanged (WAKE UP!)

there's a thought that keeps running through my mind. why are Christians content to live ignorant lives? why is it acceptable to not know what the Bible says? why is it okay to say that Christ died so we could have a restored relationship with God and then never talk to Him? how can we hear the truth of God's word and sit quietly (in church, in our personal reading, wherever) when that truth sets us free from the law of sin and from the things the enemy uses to trip us up? why are we content to talk about freedom while living in chains? to quote Lifehouse, "how can [we] stand here with You and not be moved by You?"

this blows me away! we can hear messages that say God is always with us, and then we go back home to our troubles, feeling depressed because "we're the only ones struggling with [insert sin/struggle]." is the Bible true or not?! if it is, we need to live it!

most of us would SAY the Bible is true, but we entertain thoughts that are contrary to it and accept them as truths. we can't feel rejected if we believe that we are chosen (Isaiah 41:8-9, 1 Peter 2:9-10). we can't feel alone if we believe that God will never leave us nor fail us (Joshua 1:5,9, Matthew 28:20). we can't let our boyfriends/girlfriends/lovers touch and enjoy our bodies saying that it's our body to use how we wish if we truly believe that our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). we can't say that God doesn't care about us when Jesus told us we are of more worth than many sparrows and that no sparrow falls to the ground apart from the will of God (Matthew 10:29-31, Luke 12:6-7).

the devil is not afraid of a "believer" who says one thing and lives another (Isaiah 29:13-14, Matthew 15:7-9, James 1:6-8). you will never have victory over the things that hold you down unless you give up life as you know it and surrender your whole heart, soul, mind, and body to God Almighty as an offering (John 12:24-25)!

i am sick of seeing this chosen generation living beneath its calling! (and i know i'm not the only one.) to this generation i say these words:

i will fight for you
when you have no will to fight for yourself
i will love you
even when you spit in my face
i won't walk out on you
even if you ask me to leave
you have a purpose
wake up and live
be a light in the darkness
awaken the dawn

i pray for life and breath to come to these dry bones. rise up, army of God!

i'll close this with some verses that have been on my heart for the past week or so.

Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore He exalts Himself to show mercy to you.
For the LORD is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for Him.

For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as He hears it, He answers you. And though the LORD give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, "Be gone!" (Isaiah 30:18-22, ESV)