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“Embrace Your Weakness”

 “Embrace Your Weakness”

So I see the above article title as I sit to write. While my neighbor's kid has his idiot music so loud that it would wake the dead if anything but God could do such a thing. 


As I analyze the title of that unread article I wonder what God is teaching me in this situation? These days, to speak out against the idiot culture seems like a scary thing to do. If we open our mouths we declare who we are and what we stand for. Which seems only popular if you are on the far left. So where do we Christians fit into this age? How far should we go to make a point? What is our responsibility and what should be our goal? Should we rock the boat or stay in our holy huddle? Are we to be Gandi types or George Parton types? These are all burning questions. 


I believe that we have caved to the mainstream already in many ways. We are a nation of millions of Christians yet it seems that nobody is doing anything as we see our snile president bumbling and stumbling through a softball press conference. "Come on man!" 


We actually think that someone else is going to stick their neck out to stop the foolishness. Really? Do you really think that? 


We Christians are not militant, right? We should lay our head on the chopping block and let it roll without a fight. We are pacifists like Jesus, correct? 


We have become spiritual jellyfish. We cower in our homes and wear masks because we're told to do so by the governing authorities. We have church online and think, "well at least we're meeting!" We fear reprisals from hate groups or gangs of thugs. We see news reports of normal people being taken to jail and fear the same treatment. Why? 


As he took lunches to his brothers and heard the idiot giant screaming philistine obscenities at God, David began to ask questions. "Who is this blasphemous beast? What is the price on his head? Is there not a cause?" 


Saul's reaction is classic, "You can't go battle this guy! You're a kid, he's been a warrior since he was a kid!" David then begins to tell the king how that God had helped him protect his flock by killing attacking wild animals with small weapons, and Saul suddenly has a change of heart. "Go, and the Lord be with you." was all he could whimpering. 


Strange that as king, he didn't ask about the battle plan or if David wanted backup. Just a feeble astalavista as if to say, "Have fun storming the castle boy." 


Admittedly, David's reaction and battle plan was not the seemingly wise thing to do. A kid against a giant? What were the odds? 


That's was it, there were no odds. All bets were off. The battle was the Lord's! 


In the aftermath did everyone live happily ever after? Nope. David's problems really started with that victory. Not because he beat that bad old giant, but because the king's envy took center stage for the next few years. There was a price to pay for that battle against evil. The bigger enemy for those following years was his own leader. The man who David called, "God's chosen". Wow. 


Where does this leave us? Here are some observations. 

  1. There is a battle 

  2. God is being blasphemed 

  3. There is a cause 

  4. We have enough to win the battle 

  5. The victory probably won't bring ease 


So, get those smooth stones ready. 


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