Yesterday I shared with my congregation a sermon on finding or rediscovering our passion for Christ. This is a struggle I battle daily and I know many other Christians do as well, especially people who have been Christians for many years. I don’t know exactly why it is, but it seems that so often we forget that we are REDEEMED! Why do we have a hard time remembering that God saved us from eternal death by sacrificing his only Son? It seems so often we live not as the redeemed, but rather as the dying.

Maybe it’s not that we forget, but that we become numb to it. Studies show that in our society we become numb to things like violence, immorality, profanity, and sex because the media and entertainment outlets are saturated with those themes. We see it all the time, and after awhile it becomes no big deal. Is it possible we have become so used to going to church, and listening to sermons, and singing songs, and taking communion that we have forgotten the reason we do those things? Is our relationship with God no longer a big deal?

Honestly, I don’t know. It’s very possible this is more of a personal struggle that I’m facing, and this is a foreign idea to everyone else. I just can’t help but wonder if we have lost something. I really feel that way. If we truly lived as a redeemed people that are going to live forever, would our lives still look the same? Would the way we approach our worship services be any different? Would our evangelism efforts increase? Would we be more serious about telling everyone we know about Christ? Maybe. Maybe not.

It is my prayer that God’s people would embrace the gift of redemption that He has freely given to us. I pray that He will open the eyes of those who struggle and help them to see what He has done for them. May He wake us up.

Ephesians 2:8-9
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” NIV