Treadmill Christianity Hallo there, yet another awesome week that our Lord has made it possible for us to see. I would like to believe that all is well with you just like always. Have you ever ran or walked on a treadmill? How about using a stationary bike or any other stationary workout equipment that imitates a none stationary equipment. Have you ever noticed how much you work and sweat yet you have not moved even an inch? Take the case of the treadmill, you can run any number of miles at any given speed but when all is said and done you will get off the treadmill having gone virtually nowhere! It might interest you to know that there are treadmill races, click here to see the records. Now let us draw a comparison to our Christian life, there are people who faithfully go to church, strive to be involved in all church activities, religiously return tithe and offering etc but they may miss to enter the kingdom of God! Matthew 7:21. What a tragedy? Just like a person running on treadmill getting tired and counting the miles yet not going anywhere, we can easily become treadmill Christians, doing so much yet not making any progress towards getting closer to God and His kingdom. Remember the case of the sick man at the pool of Bethesda (John 5) he had been coming to the pool for 38 years without failure but he had never made any progress towards any healing. 38 years yet he never ever figured a way to get healing until Jesus came by and he was healed. We could have become professional treadmill Christians, performing all the rituals, participating in all the rites and ceremonies yet completely miss out on the kingdom of God. Worse still God may end up casting us out saying “depart from me….” Matthew 7:23. I pray that we will all resolve to get off the treadmill and choose to do what will get us closer to God as we Soldier
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 02:18:34 +0000