The church is sleeping because of amusement, sure. There's always plenty of ministry opportunities out there, small ways to serve people. Other things, other people, and other plans get in the way.

The other things lies in the security of these things, or the wanting of things that drown out the opportunities. I mean, a rich guy came up to Jesus himself, wanting to follow Him, and what did Jesus say? He said how high quality this guy was, and loved him, and said that there was one thing he lacked. He told him to sell all his possessions and give them to the poor, and follow Him. (note: Doesn't say give all his possessions to taxes to the government who would then redistribute it to the poor - just wanted to put that out there) The guy... wouldn't sell his stuff, because he had so much. He had the greatest opportunity that anyone could be given, and his stuff got in the way of it. What greater opportunity do we have then to love people for Christ?

Other people get in the way when you start caring more about what other people think than what Christ thinks, or when we start comparing ourselves to others, getting competitive with others, etc.

Other plans get in the way all the time. Ever notice that Jesus' ministry works with the miracles always came when he was 'busy' doing something else? He was on his way somewhere, and he had to stop to do ministry. And he did. So we should be willing to give up our plans, go out of our way to do our ministry. Love is what happens while we're making other plans.

Pastor gives great messages, lol. I just thought it fit with the church being asleep - it's asleep, distracted, scared, amused, all at the same time.

I got a very good chuckle from the last statement. Thank you! It reads like the human race lol.

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