on the walk

On Sunday we began a new sermon series on finances at Mountain.  It is entitled “Get a Grip: On your finances.”  The first sermon was challenging to me personally.  I can’t remember every detail but I remember being overcome by this question ringing in my head.

For how long am I going to live at the edge of my financial limits?

For how long will I put up with the stress and frustration that comes from living with no financial margin?

For how long will I accept the materialism and consumerism of the culture as normal for my life?

For how long will I allow my sloppy financial choices to limit my freedom to follow Christ?
As I think about these things personally, I begin to reflect that these are communal questions as well.  As Christians living in American, we are called to be a counter cultural force. And so I wonder, for how long will we accept that the church is a participant in the consumerism of American society?

I am excited about this series.  I want to use this as an opportunity to take a stand in my life.  I have been taught the proper values, I just have not lived them.  This is my next best chance to live them.
on the walk

-Ethan