The Christian Cliche

So often I find myself getting frustrated with Christians becoming complacent, and being ungrateful. If we serve a perfect and fulfilling God, why are we settling for something less? Why are we as Christians not letting God work in our lives? If we truly believe He is good, then why do we not let Him rule our lives? I want to see others serve Christ be just as passionate about God as I am. 

The reason for the title is because in our world today, Christians are often looked down upon because we are seen as fanatics and old fashioned. I don't blame people for thinking this because the face of Christianity is now Westboro Baptist Church and that pastor who keeps trying to predict when the world will end. Then the typical Christian is seen as one who goes to church on Sundays and maybe midweek, and lives their life contrary to what they say they should do. But as the song "Jesus, Friend of Sinners" by Casting Crowns says, "why don't we put down our signs cross over the lines and love like you did?" That hit me hard because I too often will find myself not loving, not living like Christ. I also see in America the decline of acceptance of Christianity. Some may find that disheartening, and at first I did. But after thinking and praying about it, I realized that this may be something that can spark Christians into living it out. David Platt said that Satan will use suffering to discourage us but God will use suffering for our sanctification. It will make people become unashamed of the gospel. It will make you buy in to the gospel, or sell out. It will force us Christians to break these cliches. I have so much on my mind, part of it is frustration with what Christianity has become to so many people, but another part of it is I want this passion inside me to spread to those around me. I am tired of seeing those around me not worshiping God and I want that to change. And I want those around me to see that God is the most important thing in everything, whether it be relationships, school, work, or anything else. God comes first and everything else is less. Maybe if we started acting like Christ commanded us to in the Bible, and put God first, maybe those Christian cliches wouldn't become so cliche, but rather real life living.