Yesterday I was blessed to guide Eric and Silby Thomas into marriage. They are a great young couple, amazingly compatible and teachable - hungry to learn. I love learners.
At their wedding, I gave them one more teaching moment - Jesus' words at the end of his sermon on the mount in Matthew 7. A the end of his message, Jesus said, "Whoever hears these words of mine AND [emphasis mine], and puts them into practice, is like a wise man who built his house upon rock . . ."
I think that's what Mark Batterson was getting at when he said, "There comes a moment when praying becomes a form of spiritual procrastination." What a great line.
Jesus said that listening without acting is foolish.
Mark said that praying without acting is foolish - that there comes a time when we know what God wants us to do, but we keep stalling - even using prayer as a stall tactic.
Ready set, ready set, ready set . . . but never go!
How did we ever turn Christianity into a belief system that is disconnected from our behaviors?
Has God given you an answer to prayer, but you don't like the answer?
Are you praying for something that you can do readily without help from God?
Have you ever prayed and prayed because you really were scared to act?
Build a foundation on rock - the Rock.
Pray as if everything depends on God, but act as if everything depends on you.
Ready, set, GO!
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