David Boudreaux

Dangerous and Relevant

July 2, 2010 at 9:53 am (Uncategorized)

I’ve been hearing these 2 words thrown around way to much lately. Quite frankly I am sick of it! Right in line with “radical”, “dangerous” and “relevant” have become the craze. Sooooo…let me make this statement: “Instead of living dangerously and relevant, I chose to simply live righteously  before God and man!” That should be dangerous/relevant enough!

Everone wants to be radical, but I think for the most part (I stress not everyone) really what they mean is I want to be known. I want to be famous…when people hear of me, I want them to know who I am. Let’s stop playing the fascade of being radical, dangerous, and relevant and get serious about how we walk with God.

Yes, God has called each of us for a purpose and destiny, but is is for His purpose and His pleasure. First and foremost, I was created to have fellowship with God! When I think of fellowship I think of a living, breathing dynamic that is continually effecting every aspect of who I am. That is what makes me who I am…not a concious decision to be relevant or radical.

I am reminded of a man in the Bible often referenced to by us, but by today’s standards he would a “nobody”! He is referenced directly in the Bible only twice(maybe a third time). Both references are quite simple on the surface. Here they are:

Gen 5:24  Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.

Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

Pretty insignifigant as it appears… but I believe that both these scriptures are for us to remember that our primary purpose is to walk with God -in our ordinary lives- in such a way that all can see the difference! If we will walk in this way… that would be radical enough, dangerous for sure, and more relevant than any other thing we could do or say. Our ultimate example is Jesus! His disciples wanted Him to be a revolutionary, but all He did was follow the Father’s heart and voice!

That was revolutionary enough!

Later,

David

1 Corinthinians 1:9-11

⁹For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. ¹⁰And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, ¹¹being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully