Bringing In A Minority Report
It was said of the early Christians, "these are they who have turned the world upside down." And when people have placed the wrong things on top and put spiritual values at an all-time low, then this is exactly what needs to be done...turn things upside down, so they can actually be right side up.
But we come as those who bring in a minority report. Not a lot of people are interested in doing that. There are fewer people who pray than don't. There are fewer people who go to church today, than don't. There are fewer people with real thanksgiving in their hearts, than those without it.
The message of the Bible is a message of joy. But it is a minority repo9rt, for this is a joyless nation and generation. The message of the Bible is that of praise and adoration, but this is a minority opinion. For the only praise society seems to have is of material things. Our stomachs and our glands take precedence.
Thanksgiving comes as a minority report. Most people are already thinking about Christmas and the gifts they will buy or receive. The Pilgrims came to this country because they were a group of people who had rejected the "status quo" of the English way of life. They had been ostracized. They were folks who had been forced to the "outside" of society's circles...just a small group of different people.
And so, believing that we ought to "turn the other cheek" and "walk that extra mile", and "love one another", makes us a kind of weird and strange animal in the world of warring neighborhoods.
Today, we are that "minority" who speak out of the conviction that there is a quality of life, without which there is no quality. And that there is an uprightness of life, without which all of life is dreadfully upside down. And that "something", that quality, that right-side-upness is a thankful heart.
If you have been living life inverted, with everything else on top and God on the bottom, then turn a somersault and, move things upside down, which really makes them right side up! If life for you has been pretty much of a whimper of complaint, then start now to fill out the full orchestration of praise, and come before Him with true thanksgiving, and a heart that rejoices in the Lord.
But we come as those who bring in a minority report. Not a lot of people are interested in doing that. There are fewer people who pray than don't. There are fewer people who go to church today, than don't. There are fewer people with real thanksgiving in their hearts, than those without it.
The message of the Bible is a message of joy. But it is a minority repo9rt, for this is a joyless nation and generation. The message of the Bible is that of praise and adoration, but this is a minority opinion. For the only praise society seems to have is of material things. Our stomachs and our glands take precedence.
Thanksgiving comes as a minority report. Most people are already thinking about Christmas and the gifts they will buy or receive. The Pilgrims came to this country because they were a group of people who had rejected the "status quo" of the English way of life. They had been ostracized. They were folks who had been forced to the "outside" of society's circles...just a small group of different people.
And so, believing that we ought to "turn the other cheek" and "walk that extra mile", and "love one another", makes us a kind of weird and strange animal in the world of warring neighborhoods.
Today, we are that "minority" who speak out of the conviction that there is a quality of life, without which there is no quality. And that there is an uprightness of life, without which all of life is dreadfully upside down. And that "something", that quality, that right-side-upness is a thankful heart.
If you have been living life inverted, with everything else on top and God on the bottom, then turn a somersault and, move things upside down, which really makes them right side up! If life for you has been pretty much of a whimper of complaint, then start now to fill out the full orchestration of praise, and come before Him with true thanksgiving, and a heart that rejoices in the Lord.
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