Standing bye while possessing the power, talent or treasure necessary to saving life is a monumental sin against God. We of the body feed, clothe and pamper ourselves in self justification and narcissistic precision all the while claiming the rest of the world is “Lost”. How could anyone cemented in this behavior ever consider themselves righteous before the Loving Throne of God’s Grace?

We, as those who follow to emulate and mirror Christ are expected to lay down our lives for our enemies when we cannot even be troubled to come to the aid of our Brothers and Friends. Absurdity is our posture, blindness our handicap and willful misrepresentation and obedience to God’s Word, Will and Spirit our only reward. These are the days of the dwindling exception. Gone are the long defensible moments of I am going to get to it someday. For Someday is passing us by in the slow lane as we rush down the broad boulevard of worldly inclusivity.

Will I simply point my own bony finger as I project this failure upon everyone but myself? Certainly that would be the par for the Christian corporate course, to employ the hypocrisy that Christ admonished to shield myself from scrutiny. But I know myself and my own failures, disobedience and continued sin in the face of God’s calling, direction and command to be holy righteous and true as He is Holy. By any measure of my own behavior I deserve the wages of my sin and know emphatically that only through the Grace of God and the gift offered all by Christ upon the Cross of Calvary may I be excluded from this deserved penalty. It is only through Him that my sins are forgiven and only through my obedience that I may show Him my Love.

These are the days that will make men’s honor or regret. What we DO now in the Spirit of God, empowered, delivered, adopted, reborn is the only mark of this world that will follow us to the Feet of Christ or the shores of Gehenna. I have either amassed continual expression of my contempt for the sovereign in my inaction sponsored by the Loving acceptance of surrender or I walk in His Spirit ardently pursuing His reflection, approval and Love, wearing confidently His kinship. Our end is rapidly approaching beyond which we will need Christ’s Acknowledgement and Spirit’s Power to proceed to whatever destiny eternity provides. Those with the lively hope of Spirit’s indwelling may confidently walk into God’s Arms not in the knowledge of their performance by entitlement but their surety in their surrender to God’s offer of reconciliation.

Where do you stand? How many people have you passed today when you had what they needed to succeed or survive? Guilt is shame placed upon you for needful reason. Conviction is the call of God’s Holy Spirit for you to become the man or woman God called you to become. These are the days of choice, not just salvation but ambassadorship as a vessel for God’s coming Kingdom. Time to decide each day. Lay it down or keep it in store to be left on the field of battle unused via your own lack of obedience and rabid self interest.