No Urgency

Someone once said that there is no rush to share the gospel, to talk about the things of God with people. Let them live their lives the way they want. Give them a lot of space to explore and if God comes along later, then so be it. Implication: ME now, GOD later. Why? Because if I start seeking after God now, I'll miss out on all the things I want to do. If I seek after God now, my life may get old and boring, like those old and boring church services where they read the same Bible verses over and over.

The truth is our lives and God are not separate entities. God created all things and is involved in every aspect of every created thing, including every second of your life. Seeking God later does not mean that God is absent now. God still has complete control of your life and can do anything He wants with you. Seeking God later just means that you don't care for His blessings and His love and His wisdom and His power now.

Some people ask, "Isn't living a good life enough?" Living a good life without God becomes a self-satisfying endeavor, and we miss the reason why we were created. We were created for Him and we are invited to live our lives with Him. If this is reality, how can one say there is no urgency to proclaim this truth? Because outside of this reality, there is no hope for the soul. God is light and everlasting life, and apart from Him, there is only darkness and everlasting torment. The only possible reason for the lack of urgency is that some people are hopelessly blind to the truth, and that only God, in His time (thus the lack of need to be urgent), can bring them to Him. Still, I believe that although God saves people in His time, we are still called to urgently preach the gospel, and not in the "give Jesus a try" kind of way, but with solid reasons why Christ is worthy to be worshipped. Urgency and the preaching of the Word of God, of God's holiness and wrath, of judgment and sin, and of grace, mercy, and redemption through the blood of Christ, has been the way God ordained His people to proclaim throughout the ages. More on this later...