I’m not that adaptable

When we talk to people about how they can change their world, a common response is “I’m not ready for that yet.”

There is a tremendous sense of inadequacy. Indeed, we are all beset by sins and failures, fears and temptations. We keep hoping to get a grip on this thing called Christianity.

But being a Red Letter Believer means that you take on the words of Christ and you begin to not just believe in them, but you begin to live them out – not later, but today. When you begin to live them, you will see the world around you change. Those precious Words can redeem our schools, our workplaces, our governments and our planet.

Paul had a similar conversation with some first-century believers. He acknowledged all the excuses in 1 Cor 1:26-29.

“Not many of you were wise by human standards.
Not many of you were influential.
Not many were of noble birth”

Well, that sums up most of the Christians I know. We are a ragtag group of nobodies.

“But God chose the foolish things of the world…
He chose the weak things of the world…
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world…”

Basically, we are without excuse, because we didn’t choose God. He chose us.

Things are pretty bleak out there. Wars. Weather. Terrorism. Anger. Dispair. It’s all around us and there is urgency for God’s elect to redeem the culture – to change the world.

Your not adaptable? Sure you are, because your God is!

Let it start today with me, with you.