"Serving Leftover to the Holy God"

The thought of a person calling himself a "Christian" without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd. This is the major thought in chapter 5 of the book Crazy Love.

Sometime it is very easy to look around and try to compare the so called Christian around us and start thinking I am a pretty devoted Christian, because I read more bible then someone or serve more at Church. And maybe I am actually trying to convince everyone I am healthy and good.

What make God counts is not what I advertise, but what I am really make of. It is not what I have done, or how many times I go to Church, or read the bible, but how REALLY is my relationship with God.

One quotes from Tim Kizziar mentioned from the book I really like: "Our greatest fear as individuals and as a church should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter." In this modern society, we, especially the so call Christian or lukewarm, strive for a life characterized by control, safety, and an absence of suffering. Even we admit that we are lukewarm, we are too comfortable in our comfort zone to change. Seems like the worldy things is much higher then God. When we go to church we focus on things that don't really matter to God, like planning the perfect hotpot dinner or setting up the best sound system. This make me feel sad.

Yes, following Jesus is a narrow road even the bible say so, but remember don't assume I am the good soil, don't assume that I am also one on the narrow road. Always repent and cry out to God, and always examine the relationship with Him. Without love, all things are meaningless. Am I involving God in my daily life? The moment I stop actively follow Christ, I start going down hill.

Either all in, or stop giving at all to God, no lukewarm, no leftover. God rather spit it out from Him.