Triggered: What is pulling at your spirit today?

What are you triggered by today? What is pulling at your spirit today?

As I scroll my social media feed — thousands of Christians — it feels like a constant cycle of outrage. Every day brings a new headline. Every headline demands a reaction. Every reaction feels urgent.

The latest political post?

A cultural controversy?

An international crisis?

A public figure’s failure?

A policy debate?

I’m told by Christians, friends of mine, on both sides of these and a growing host of other issues that if I’m a Christian I can no longer be quiet. This _____________ (insert todays headline) is the last straw and if you are really a Christian you can’t keep silent on this. Frankly, it’s exhausting.

I’ll tell you what we better not be silent about:

– Jesus Christ — crucified for our sins and risen in victory.

– Sin — real, separating, and deadly without Him.

– The Good News — that His grace has appeared to all and still saves.

– Grace — not earned, not deserved, but powerful enough to redeem.

– His Kingdom — part of the eternal plan, where the imperfect church is the place God gathers the saved until the Lord returns and delivers them up.

– The love of God — shown in the giving of His Son for my sin and for the sins of the whole world.

– The hope of His return — when faith becomes sight and redemption is complete.

That is what we cannot afford to whisper.

That is what we must proclaim.

I can’t tell you how or when or what to comment on, and I certainly don’t promote myself as any kind of expert on navigating social media or politics, I’ve felt the pull myself. The urge to weigh in. The sense that silence equals compromise… So I can’t judge on that, but I can tell you if your “feed” is more political than Gospel, if your focus is more on the White House and who dwells in it than His House and getting more souls there, if your approach of more of anger at the opposition than sharing the love of God with all, it may be time for some prayerful reflection and some disentanglement from the chains of this world. Remember “we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” 

The world already has plenty of political commentators. It desperately needs more gospel preachers May God bless all of His ministers in this day. It’s not an east task - never has been. 

Remember you are God’s man first and He is for you!

“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” (Colossians 3:2)