An Interesting Thought

Today, was like any other day. I was reading through my Bible and discovered some fascinating things about wisdom. In 1st Corinthians chapter one it speaks about unity and a little bit about wisdom. It says that God's foolishness is wiser than man's wisdom and God's weakness is stronger than man's strength. In other words, true wisdom comes from God. If we are to be wise and knowledgeable we must rest in the power of God. The I AM is the I AM of knowledge and wisdom. What a fascinating concept that truly amazed me.

As I walked through the day and later that night, we went to Bridges over at the Bronson Center in downtown Ottawa. Andy preached on Genesis with the story of Sodom and Gomorrah speaking specifically on walking with God and God's justice. God is not slow in justice and doesn't delight in dealing death, His goal is repentance and redeeming relationships with Christ.

As the night came to a close, Andy and me had an interesting discussion involving the things happening in Canada specifically Ottawa. It seems to me that people are more willing to accept Christ due to the ignorance and lukewarm Christianity in America. America is like the Jew in Christ's day, the hear the gospel but Christ becomes a stumbling block to them. Everyone else in the world seems to listen better like the Gentile. Why should we preach to the Jew when the Gentile will listen? America needs to wake up!! We are getting too comfortable in our homes where we are overfed with the Bible and not sharing it with others. We drive our cars, listen to music, and live in ignorance of the wickedness and poverty of the world! Where is the christian church with issues across the world?

A Line from a great song by U2 called Sunday Bloody Sunday "We eat and drink while somebody else dies." This speaks so truly to the heart of America.

It was amazing to me how willing and able people are to share Christ with everyone and anyone willing here in Canada. It's my prayer and hope that I can be an encouragement to the people here. God is definitely moving in the area of young adults ministry. We just started the group last week and already 20+ people are coming every Saturday.