Fervency is a
fighting fervor, that saves us
fighting fervor, that saves us
from being GENERIC Christians;
Believers without a patent;
plain, colorless
with no distinctive
markings
on our lives.
Generic disciples settle for a cheap faith,
Generic disciples settle for a cheap faith,
a passable Christianity--
People who say that their type of faith will do! But when they are asked "What" it will do--they are hard put to answer!
Fervency refuses to buy the idea of
generic faith,
determining to spend more
whatever the cost
in terms of ardor and effort
to purchase a brand of belief
that has the unmistakable
"quality" of fervor about it.
Hot, exciting power
that insists on
faith being more than
minimal involvement
content
with
a
passing
grade!
After all the "fervent effectual prayer of
a righteous
man
availeth much"
While generic ineffectual prayer of
righteous man availeth
little or nothing at all.
Fervent faith is a daily choice for the follower of Jesus.
It marks a man or woman out from the
generic pack
It makes us want to be like Him
--
JESUS WAS NOT GENERIC!
In the words of an outrageous song
"they don't make Jews like Jesus
anymore!"
Perhaps the world believes
God doesn't make anyone like Jesus anymore
because
of
us!
O Lord
Make us like
Your Son
Fervent lovers of God
Daring to be
different
Show us the way to be--
name brand
Christians;
Patented with colorful
markings--
branded with a logo peculiarly
shaped like a cross.
Generic Christianity will never win the world
for Christ
But fervent faith will!
taken from Heartbeat by Jill Briscoe, ISBN: 0877883408
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
