Think About It

Do you feel like you are walking around in a daze?   There are certain medical conditions or even medications that might create a mental fog; but there is something even more common.   How many of us have become so spiritually ambivalent that we just seem to be stumbling around in an emotional stupor?   We find ourselves somewhere between the rampant immorality of society and the traditions of a half-believed religion so we just kind of wander around unable to focus or get excited about anything.   We know the problem isn’t with the truths of Christianity, we just don’t have much of a focus.   Does that sound familiar?   Interestingly, it isn’t just a 21 st Century problem – it appears to have been around since the beginning.   Centuries ago, the Apostle Paul challenged the church in Ephesus to restore Christ to Christianity by writing, “For this reason it says, ‘Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.’” (Ephesians 5:14)...