I just finished reading a book that was written several years ago by Bill Hybels titled "Holy Discontent" and maybe some of you have already read this book and if you have I hoped it has challenged you as it has e and I would encourage you to reread it and for those who have not read this book I would encourage you to read it.
As I began reading this book I thought to myself this is not what I thought this book would be about and actually I had no idea what I thought the book would be about I liked the name of the book. The book talked about fixing a broken world doing something to help the homeless, the Aid victims those in poverty and so on. The further I read into this book the more i wanted to read of this book and the more I prayed Lord give me a holy discontent. You see this holy discontent is not just about aids, the homeless the poverty level it is about that which gives you a vision and a burden to do something about it. Just this morning I was talking to a man at a local Hardees and he was telling my wife and I about a time in an airport in which there was a elderly man who was having a hard time with all of the things you have to go through at the airports these days since 911 and the person who was to be helping this man was standing there talking about something to a friend of hers and so this man spoke up and mentioned to this girl about her helping this older man to keep this story short this girl did not like it that this man mentioned this and was not very nice to him as well yuou could say for this friend of mine he had a holy discontent time there in the airport (Bill Hybels calls it a popeye moment "Thats all I can stands...I can't stands no more"). This book got me thinking of my own little world and how I have become comfortable in it and as long as it is status quo then everything is alright. The last chapter of this book was where I had to come to grips with my life and my holy discontent which had become an unholy contentment. Bill Hybels challenged church leader to examine their life and see if they have that holy discontent or not and if not that they should stop what they are doing and get with God and ask him to fill them with this holy discontent. It was again I realized that I needed a refilling of this holy discontent. While the which I talked about was for church leaders it holds true for all of us we need that holy discontent may it be for the homeless, the aids victim those in poverty and what ever it may be to fix our broken world my cry has been Lord help me to have a burden and a vision for the spiritually lost help me to have a holy discontentment and let me reach out to the lost. What is your Holy Discontentment?
blessings
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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