Forgotten God Part 4 (Final)

As I finished up the final chapter of Forgotten God, I felt a double dose of conviction:

1) With the Spirit of God living inside of us who call ourselves Christians, why is it that the rest of the world still displays the Fruit of the Spirit far better than we ever could? Why are we not the most joyful, kind, self-controlled, loving, peaceful, patient, gentle and generous people on the planet?

Chan tells the story of a gang leader who began attending his church. After just a few months of regular attendance, the gang leader stopped attending. Curious, Francis tracked him down and asked him what happened, to which the gang leader responded, "When I joined your church, I thought it would be a lot like a gang. I thought people would care for each other more than just one day a week."

So let's stop faking like we're the Church. Let's step up. Invite someone new to your home this week. Talk to a stranger. Work on that community and love and compassion that we're called to have. Let's live like God lives in us.

2) So I've learned a bunch of stuff about the Holy Spirit, what God could do in and through me. I hope you've gotten something out of all this too. But here's the deal. James 4:17 says that, "Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, commits sin." It's not enough just to learn a bunch of stuff if we aren't following through. So again I'll say it, go live like God lives in you. Get rid of the noise and comfort that keeps us from noticing God. Go overcome that sin that's been defeating you. Stop living life on your own power.

So Jesus died for you and me, and before he did that he said this, "But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you."

God lives in you- live like it!