God Centered World

What would our world look like if it was God centered? Would there still be crime, death, struggles? Is is a possibility to have a God centered world? I think it is a wish that may never come true. At least not in the near future. And why is that, is it because a lack of faith? On the contrary, it may be due to resistance because of what Christians stand for.

People say I'm for God but against Christians. Why is this, why are we the detriment to the advancement of the kingdom? Why are we who have been commissioned to reap the harvest destroying the crops?

I think a lot of it has to do with Christians not being focused on who we represent. We represent Jesus Christ, who died for all of our sins. Who rose on the 3rd day and offers us an eternal life with Him. We forget that people watch us, strive to learn from us. We also fail to depend on God everyday, in every situation. We go to battle alone and leave our armor, our weapons, our commander behind at camp. We repeatedly leave critical pieces of the armor of God by our bedside.

Ephesians 6:10-18 states:
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.



This verse starts out saying that we are in battle but not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers and authorities of this dark world and the Devil. We are engaged in battle and need to be prepared and suited up. If we suited ourselves up for battle everyday we would be surrounded by Christ and His Spirit. But I think often we rush to greet the foe in our pajamas.

Our generation faces the distractions of media, personal achievement, success, putting on a face, living up to worldly standards. How often are we as students sidetracked from our homework because of Facebook or something else on the internet? How often do we forget about God because we are trying to achieve something for ourselves?

We are also expected to be happy, learning, excited, students, daughters, sons, husbands, wives and much more. Sometimes we are down, struggling but are expected to put on a face. I think it's time that we become honest with each other and really dig deep into our emotions.

I think as Christians, we have done a good job at being surface people. Overall I think we aren't really concerned with how people are really doing. We may ask how are you? And show some concern, but overall on a day to day basis we become dormant and focused on ourselves.

This may also be because of our society. With the introduction of garage door openers, movies, delivered to your house, pizza delivery, lawn companies, recordable t.v. shows, the internet, all of these things reduce our interaction with each other.

In our neighborhood there is a couple from Romania and in talking with Silvia (mom), she explained it was strange how neighbors kept to themselves. She said in Romania the kids would be everywhere and people would be outside and socializing a lot more. Our quest for technological advances has made us into a society of hermits.

If we can turn around this trend of introvertness and create communities of interaction and personal relationships we can start to achieve what Christ commanded of us in Matthew. Go out and make disciples, start personal relationships with others. Share your experiences, learn together, make a difference together.

A challenge for you and me is to put down the cell phones, get off the computer and go into our communities and really interact with people. Be genuine, be the example Christ left for us.