Galatians 4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.Before you were born again, you were just like everyone else in the world. You were lost, confused and always lacking something. You had a God-sized void inside that could not be filled with the pleasures of the world. When bad news came, it always included you. You were a servant to the sin-nature. A servant has no rights. A servant does what he is told when he is told to do it. No amount of physical or mental effort could overcome that lowly status of existence. Then one day, you were introduced to the King. He moved in and filled that gnawing void. Suddenly, you found what you had been looking for.
With that said, why is it that so many Christians are acting lost and confused? Of course, we are living in difficult times, but difficult times don’t have to live in us. Maybe we have forgotten our new status. Like the prodigal son, we have been content to eat with the pigs while our place at the King’s table is vacant.
There’s a story about a young eagle who had fallen from the nest. He was met by turkeys, who convinced him that he was one of them. So he busied himself scratching around the forest floor with the rest of the turkeys. He tried to be content with his new way of life, but he had a deep emptiness inside him. Something wasn’t right.
Then one day, he spotted eagles flying overhead, high in the sky. Their flight seemed effortless and majestic. He became fascinated with these kingly creatures. Of course, his turkey friends tried to pull him back to their reality. “You’re a turkey, you have no business flying with the eagles.” Every day, the young eagle would look to the blue sky with longing.
Eventually, the drive to soar above the clouds became too strong. Against the wishes of the turkeys, he spread his wings and took flight. He joined the other eagles gliding on the updrafts. The higher he got, the smaller the world below became. Things that were important to him before now seemed trivial and insignificant. He felt reborn. The emptiness inside was gone.
We aren’t supposed to walk with the turkeys. We are heirs of Christ’s eternal kingdom. Everything we need is available for withdrawal. We aren’t supposed to be in fear of swine flu. We aren’t supposed to be moved by the world’s financial forecast. That’s their forecast, not ours. We are ambassadors in a foreign land. When the world cries “recession,” we say, “Not in my house!” We can take the Gospel into the dark places of this world without fear. Our healthcare plan is etched into the back of our Savior. It isn’t dependent upon government intervention.
Stop the foolishness. Get out of the mud and drop those husks you’ve been eating. We’ve been in the mud with the pigs far too long. Stop talking like a loser. It is insulting to your King. The bad news on the television doesn’t concern you- turn it off! Lift your head toward the sky, that’s where your help is coming from. It is time for the Church of Jesus Christ to act like something and stop being a tired, religious cliché. The world is waiting for the manifestation of the sons and daughters of God.
