What is “Living In
The Trenches” – well, it’s simple…
As Christians we attend a worship service, we might attend
Wednesday night activities, we may serve on a ministry team or committee; but
where our Christian faith comes into real play is in the trenches of everyday
life.
It is easy to sit in a meeting, attend a worship service or
even hang out with our church family and “act” like a Christian…
But what happens Monday through Saturday at 9am or 2pm or
say “happy hour”?
Do our lives in the trenches of the everyday match what we
said on Sunday morning, or what we tell people we believe?
In the military it is easy to be a soldier in the heat of
the battle, that’s what they train for constantly… but what happens in between battles?
What happens when the commander may not be looking?
What happens when you are left to yourself?
In the mundane, average everyday we are tempted to let our
training slip, let our guard down…
I have also found that there are way too many professing
Christians who are very good at looking like a Christian once they walk in the
door of the church building.
Yet, when you see them in everyday living, or maybe a young
family member lets it slip that that’s not how daddy acts at home – you find
that what they say they believe and how they live don’t match.
Certainly not you, but you know the people I am talking
about (said with sarcasm).
SO it is the hope and prayer that – “Living In The Trenches” - will help you live your everyday life as a
Christian; a real, honest, non-hypocritical Christian.
Every one of us is in our trench of every day. It isn’t always
easy. It isn’t always uncomplicated. But living every day as a Christian is
always right.
In every relationship and in every circumstance we CAN live
what we believe…
So whatever/wherever your trench of the every day is,
whatever it looks like – you are not alone! God is with you, people are praying
for you and there is someone right beside you who can reach over to you.
With live with Matthew 22:37-40 at the core…
37. And He said to
him, "`You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all
your soul, and with all your mind.'
38. "This is the great and foremost
commandment.
39. "The second is like it, `You shall
love your neighbor as yourself.'
40. "On these two commandments depend the
whole Law and the Prophets."
Well, that's where we start this adventure...
Soldier in a water-filled trench, France, c. 1917. Credits:Science Museum, London/SSPL
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