I've been reading in the first chapter of First Samuel for the last few days since a friend and I were discussing it's context. In the passage, Elkanah has two wives. Hannah was one of Elkanah's wives and was barren, whereas his other wife had ten children. Elkanah loved Hannah very much and even showed favoritism towards her, but she still became distraught because of her inability to have children, and her rival's abrading. Hannah wept and and starved herself year after year; making herself sick all because she was yearning for children so heavily. In verse 8, however, Elkanah questions Hannah, asking why she is weeping, why she is starving herself, and why is she so sad? He asks her: "Am I not more to you than ten sons?"
Questions to think about: Why do we wail about our cares, yet seem perfectly content with a world of lost pagans going to Hell? Is our God, who sent His Son to die a tragic demoralizing death for our sin and rose him from that same grave, not more to us than our own cares? And why do we moan and drag about crying about our desires if we have already deemed our situations hopeless?
Honestly, to the first two questions, I would say that we really don't care. Especially not to the point we should. According to the most recent statistics I found on Christianity (2006), 33% of the world's population called themselves Christians. I actually think that is probably high for the actual percentage of true Christians, but either way, that means that some 67% remains unaccepting of Christ's atonement. We were commissioned in Matthew to do a crucial job, and frankly we haven't done it. Actually, I think if it weren't a conversation piece like this blog, we wouldn't even think anything of our downfalls. We just don't care. That is no way for you and I to treat a friend that sticks closer than a brother; no way at all.
Finally, in response to my last question, I think we have given up hope. We give up hope on praying for sustenance, our needs, and our desires. Truly, I'm afraid we may have given up on pursuing that 67% with the salvation of Christ. I hope that is not the case, but if it be, let us dry our eyes today and start pursuing a common goal in Him.
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