#4 - asleep in the light

The Seven Deadly Sins


Sin #4


Sloth


...a little sleep, a little slumber.....a little folding of the hands.....

In the time that I have putting off writing this entry - all the way making jokes to my collegues about skipping it all together as an example of true sloth, I have been thinking of it only in the sense of our wordly deeds:  work, play, friends, family.  How many ways can I bail on it all?  Then last night I read two words that made it all clear:  apostolic sloth.  

As Christians we love the potluck, but hate the cooking.  We love to go to a church that is known for serving in its community, but don't show up to serve.  We say we will pray for our friends and then turn away and forget.

A friend who calls while you are crying and prays for you right then and there on the phone is a friend.  That person, at least at that moment has avoided the sloth that is most dangerous to his soul.

Those who are unbelievers see those signs of apostolic sloth even before the Christians do.  They are watching closer - to see if there is a reason to believe - to trust - to listen.  

In Keith Green's song he says "the world is sleeping in the dark, and the church just can't fight, cause it's asleep in the light.  How tragic is that?  Why shouldn't we be seeking to be what Christ is to us?  Why do we fill up our schedules with so much worldy stuff that we are too tired or too busy to give to the body of Christ?  Have we considered how shameful it would be to arrive in Heaven and for the Father to say "wake up," when all along we could have been awake, and instead be greeted with "welcome, my beloved?"