A Sense of Urgency

Over the weekend I received a blog posting speaking about the need for URGENCY. This morning I received a copy of a devotional that reminded me of Screwtape's dialogue with Wormwood in C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters. The point of this devotional is that one of Satan's tools is to lull believers into complacency. As a student I have been in classes where it was very clear that the teacher had no sense of urgency in the material. And that sense of complacency had a great bearing on how little I enjoyed (or got out of) the class. For this week's encourager I would like to challenge you to ask yourself if there is any sense of urgency in the content of your lesson or the purpose for gathering. If you have trouble identifying a motivation, I offer article 9 of the newly accepted Statement of Faith of our denomination: We believe in the personal, bodily and premillennial return of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ, at a time known only to God, demands constant expectancy and, as our blessed hope, motivates the believer to godly living, sacrificial service and energetic mission.