Mark 9:50 (NIV)
50 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how
can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at
peace with each other.”
Columbus was called mad because he decided to sail the
uncharted ocean. . . . Martin Luther was called mad because he presumed to defy
the entrenched religious hierarchy of his time. Patrick Henry was considered
mad when he cried, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” George Washington was
thought to be mad when he decided to continue the war after the winter at
Valley Forge, when thousands of his men had died and other thousands had
deserted, leaving him only a handful of men. We have become too sophisticated
and respectable to be called mad in our generation. Christianity has become so
respectable and so conventional that it is now insipid. The salt has lost its flavor.
. . . Would to God that the world found us Christians dangerous enough to call
us mad, in these days when materialism and secularism are sweeping over the
world. Thank God there are those who sacrifice time, talents, social position,
and lucrative posts, and who fling aside every advantage in order to serve the
Kingdom of God.
Thought for today:
Is my faith attractive?
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