I was just thinking how funny, how ironic it is that when, as a follower of Christ, a person tries to live their life the way Jesus did (1 John 2:6) they are called a religious fanatic or a Jesus freak. Here in the US we have bought into such a diluted, watered-down version of Christianity that when someone actually tries to live out their faith the way Jesus commanded us to (not suggested btw...) we feel like they are going too far, going a little overboard with this faith thing. Granted, their are tons of people that are very legalistic and very religious and take things way too far, but I'm not talking about them I'm talking about those of us that truly desire to love God more than anything and love our neighbor as our self. The ones that are tired of being casual, uncommitted, complacent, consumers of "Christianity-Lite". The ones that are tired of making it all about us and tired of looking the other way when we see someone hungry, or thirsty, or without shelter. The ones that realize and embrace the fact that God's Kingdom stretches far beyond our church walls, our city streets, our state borders and even beyond the good 'ol U-S-of-A. It's not about us at all but once we start to lives our lives like it's not about us then the people around us start to freak out and want to know "what's going on inside that head of ours??"
Many of those people that are ok with a very un-Christ like Christianity are the very people we sit next to on Sunday. When Jesus said we are to take up out crosses daily I'm pretty sure that's exactly what He meant. I'm not too keen on religion but definitely don't mind being called "Jesus Freak."
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