Cali Pellenwessel

For those of us intent on laying our lives on the altar, we might have this grand idea that we’re willing to lay our lives down and be obedient to Christ up to the point of martyring…or maybe moving to a foreign country…or maybe doing jail time. But if we’re honest, maybe it looks a little bit more like up to the point of minor inconveniences, like changing cloth diapers. 

If hundreds of new believers poured into our church doors, would they be received by a body of believers unified in mission, in purpose, and in truth? It seems like we have work to do. Each one of us must make a choice to be body builders.

Instead of allowing these feelings to turn into doubt, we need to take our thoughts captive and fix our eyes on Jesus, knowing that the pain we feel now cannot compare to the joy that is coming.