Vagrant Faith

What are you trying to hang on to that Jesus wants you to let go of, and turn over to Him for safekeeping? I've had to give up some things in my life that I thought I never could, but it ultimately brought me closer to Christ.

"This earth is not my home, I'm just passing through." How many times have you heard someone say that? We often use it to communicate our reluctance to identify with the world, to stand apart from what's going on in society. But the problem with standing apart from someone is that you never have a chance to stand with them.

Representing Christ will often take us in the opposite direction of where our culture is headed. But that's not about geography or separation from people. It's about bringing a lifestyle and a love that's worlds apart from our culture.

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"As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things."

2 Corinthians 6:10

Christ offers a new lifestyle. I call it the vagrant faith. In this economy of the kingdom of God, no one is greater because he gives, and no one is lesser because he receives. The world needs to see that in Christ, I have everything I need, yet own nothing.

It's not the money we have that makes one rich or poor. One's richness is the degree to which they're willing to conform to Jesus, and understand that all they have is not theirs, but God's. Poverty of the spirit is what really keeps people enslaved. Being poor materially may leave one less comfortable, but not necessarily less joyful or content.

So may the vagrant faith spirit, having everything and owning nothing, be your lifestyle. When you find that, you find your true identity in Christ.

Now that's something I can buy into. And I can buy it at no charge. Such a deal.

Be Nice. Grace Wins.

FMJ