For Such a Time as This

Do you ever think about your destiny? Do you ever wonder why God has you where you are in this time and place?

A few years back, we were all singing about "Refiners Fire," but now that a bit of "fire" is actually here, so many Christians are running scared. Now is the time to ask the hard questions. Do we believe what we say we do? Do we trust God or not? Do we trust Him when he says "Fear not"? Do we really believe He is our strong tower? Was Jesus a fool to tell us to pray for our enemies? Was God joking when he said over and over to take care of the aliens among you? Was Paul a lunatic when he said the most important thing we could do is love? Was Peter just gassing us when he said to "count it all joy when you suffer trials of various kinds"? Was James just plain wrong when he said our actions showed our faith more than words? Is the definition of true religion to take care of widows and orphans, or isn't it?

If you haven't cut all these things out of your Bible, then listen up!

Jesus said to give anyone who asks the shirts off our backs, to walk longer with them in their need than we want to, and pick up our crosses and follow Him. Follow Him straight to the grave where your self will die. If you think that you don't need or want any refugees here--you have not died to self. God is sending them to you! How dare you even consider turning them away. You are here, now, to be the word of truth, the light of the Kingdom, the salt of the Earth, the balm for a broken people. "What would Jesus do?" is still a valid question. Would Jesus turn anyone away? If you would, then here is the biggest question of all: Are you really a Christian?