Thoughts From the Shower - Politics and Religion

Sometimes while I am in the shower I just start to think, that is why we run out of hot water at my house.

Today I was thinking, while in the shower, the difficulties of mixing politics and religion. I know that this is kind of strange of a strange thought to have in the shower, but I am just weird like that.

But I was thinking about how the first Christian in the first three centuries acted and how we have changed in the last 1900 years.

Did you know that at one point in early years of Christianity, the Christians were called... Unpatriotic!! What!! So the early Christians did NOT believe it was their Christian duty to vote or to protest??

The early Christians did not put any hope on the government (besides the fact the government was trying to do religious genocide to them). They did not try to put people in positions of power nor do a 'peaceful protest.' All they did was....

meet at someone's home

broke bread and ate together

rescued child off the street and to care of the unfortunate

sang psalms and read the WORD

to care of each others need

They were living in true community and were living as disciples of Jesus.

May question is: Did the early Christians (who lived with nothing, no XBOX 360 nor ipods) have a better understanding of community and faith than 21st Century 1st world Christians who have everything?

Do we think that a check or a vote can change the world?

Dwell on this and see what God might reveal to you.

Prayer:
Father, we have failed to have genuine community with each other. We have failed to deny ourselves and to become vessels of ministry. I pray that everyone (even myself) will realize the potential that you created for and that with our selfish hearts (that only care about our own interest) we will understand that this life is a wasted life. Unlock our hearts, turn us back to you in a way that we are not looking for religious entertainment, but a genuine relationship with you and genuine community with others. Father, clean us our sins and help us understand forgiveness.

In the Messiah Jesus name,
Amen