Pastor Brian's Blog

Honestly, did Almighty God put us on this planet to devote 99% of our energy and efforts to being a slave to this world? Was the purpose of God that humans should devote TWO hours per week to worshipping Him while willingly giving the other 166 hours to selfish and/or worldly causes?

From the time God placed man in the Garden, his purpose was to give Praise to God, work and love. Nothing much has changed from God's perspective. Our purpose even now is to praise God both through worship and living our lives in such a way as to glorify Him. Our purpose in life is not to please others or ourselves but Him who has called us with a holy calling.

People wrestle with these issues every day. Millions of dollars are spent daily on therapy and drugs as people try to understand who they are and why they are here. Couple this with total ignorance of why things happen as they do and you have people who are pretty much lost in a maze with no way out.

Some Christians get caught up in "causes" and forget what our faith is really all about. When too much energy and effort is devoted to lifestyle issues. It turns our faith into a religion; Christianity is not a religion but rather our very life.

I saw a T-shirt that read "I am a heart donor in that I gave my heart to God." The reality of our faith lies in our willingness to give God our heart and not a few minutes of our time. The truth of who we are in Christ and what we are here to do is found in our loving service to Him instead of devoting our lives to ourselves.

Let us "SHELVE OURSELF" and put "God" on the throne of our heart. Let us "DELVE" into God with all our heart.

Anyone who makes the leap from reluctantly giving God two hours per week to freely giving Him their very heart has tapped into what our Christian faith is all about.

Are you a heart donor? If not, I pray you will in 2012.

Theme for Bethel Church this year is:

"Shelve & Delve Yourself in Twelve"