Ever heard of MCS (Middle Child Syndrome) or how about the fatal MSS which my beloved Leafs have. The case being in both of them that being in the middle is the worst possible fate. Got me thinking about my own syndrome MCL (Middle Christian Living). Never quite reaching that sacrifice my own son (Genesis 22:2) or walking around in sackcloth eating wild locusts (Mark 1:6) status; while at the same time never hitting the sleep with another man's wife & kill him later (2 Samuel 12) or make money off the Holy Spirit (Acts 8:18) bottom of the barrel living.
A friend once told me that there's no "staying on the fence" because the devil owns the fence.
There is no crime in living the middle of the road Christian life. It's safe. It's nice. It's convenient. You keep your nose clean, stay out of trouble, do just enough to secure salvation. Never truly giving Christ Jesus 100% control of your life. Because if you did that, well who knows what would happen. You'd no longer be in the driver's seat and the Holy Spirit would be directing your life. As much as I try to convince myself that this is a scary concept, it is not. Thus I am not afraid of what living by the Holy Spirit would mean because I know that complete and full surrender to Christ will only give me a full and abundant life (John 10:10) and that I would be at peace & content regardless of my external circumstances (Philippians 4:11). Rather I am comfortable with maintaining the status-quo. It's familiar and I have found a nice little niche. Ahh, but deep down I know that if I would step out and become a man after God's own heart...well the sky would be the limit and who knows what blessings God has in store. He only desires good things for me. He has a wonderful will for my life all drawn up. It is His good & perfect will. I once read that we sometimes think of finding God's will for our lives as being like a multiple-choice exam. We can choose (A) God's good & perfect will; (B) God's pretty good will; or (C) God's OK will.
Unfortunately it doesn't work that way, if we are not living (A) than we are living our own way and missing out on so much more.
The cure for MCL is right there, we just have to be willing to take it. (John 4:14)
3 comments:
GOOOOD post.
i am struggling with a bit of MCL right now myself. oh to have been raised upper middle class... sigh. (note the sarcasm there).
anyways... um, don't know about the leafs.... i'm in mourning over my jackets... :(
An American hockey fan (I thought they were extinct!) LOL
nah, there are a few of us! it's just tough because there's no good tv contract. however, i can celebrate the success of our local ECHL team! they're in the playoffs with a ridiculously awesome record.
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