A squirrel's life...

Okay, so yesterday afternoon I was returning from a first responder/Chaplaincy call and I pulled up to park in my normal parking spot next to the church/house. As I pulled up to turn around to back in I spotted him - a HUGE grey squirrel laying out on the top of the entryway to the church. I promise you it looked like he was just laying out tanning or something - he was totally relaxed...well, until I pulled up and disturbed him that is. And that got me thinking...
How much are we like that squirrel, Christians? Enjoying the sun - just laying out and letting life flow by. After all, we've got plenty of time to do what Christ has called us to do (reach those without Him), so we can just sit back and let life do its thing for a while. This squirrel was doing just that - enjoying some peace and quiet. But it didn't last forever - and then he was back to work...doing squirrel things I suppose...
What's it going to take to get us on track? What "disturbance" will enter our life to wake us up? People are dying - every single day. I know - I see it. Suicide, homicide, domestic violence, cardiac arrest, stroke...the list goes on and on. But the bottom line: people ARE dying, and if statistics are anywhere close to right - the majority of them are leaving this world to enter an eternity separated from God in a place called Hell. That's not Blake Martin theology - that's biblical truth. But don't let that bother you...just keep enjoying the sun.
Just a warning, though: something is coming that will wake us up. Whether it happens while we can still reach people, or when He comes back to take us home - a wake up is on its way. So people who call ourselves Christians - what are we doing to offer hope to the hopeless - life to those trapped in a death sentence? It's not just the pastors job, or the evangelists job.
And one final thought: the other day someone made this statement to me, "I'm just not called to evangelize - I've got other things God's calling me to." So who was the Great Commission spoken to? Sure God can call us to a plethora of things - but every single person who has been rescued by Christ into a relationship with Him is not just called to share that with others - it's our primary responsibility in this life!
So...you enjoying the sun and letting life flow by?
Why not join the team...let's enjoy the Son and reach this world for Him!
It all begins with you...

That's just a thought, and I welcome yours.
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Until next time,
blake