a sermon & a book

the reality of the truth can be hard to accept. in fact it can be humbling and overwhelming. over the past week i have understood a little more of the extreme call of following Christ. i just finished listening to a sermon on Luke 14. no new words. just a different perspective with a powerful message. david platt teaches on Jesus' words spoken to his disciples. it is convicting. not what david says but the truth of what Christ is saying to those who desire to follow him. i highly recommend you to take some time out of your day and listen to this 8 part series of living radically. i pray it moves you and challenges you to live differently. Click Here to listen.

here are some questions that david asks in part 1 taken straight from Luke 14.

-Do you choose comfort over the cross?

-Will we choose maintenance or a mission?

(status quo or radically abandonment to proclaim the gospel of Christ)

-Will we choose to have indecisiveness minds or an undivided heart?

(an indecision hampers us from obedience to Christ)

also, if you haven't read crazy love by francis chan, it too is one that will challenge the depth of who you are by asking hard questions taken from the very words of Christ.

my journey continues in facing the reality of these truths. i desire to find Christ in the cleft of the mountain. in taking Him at his word. following him. in trusting him because He is who He says He is. so many times we can just settle in reading the words of Christ. may the tides turn in how we read God's word. there is a weight and heaviness in every word throughout scripture.

if we were alive during the time of Christ how would we receive these very words if we were the ones standing with Jesus as He spoke them? what would our response be?