Being Mad To Be M-A-D

Aunt Hazel from A Joyful Noise is one dogged believer I love. Did you read the conclusion of her written interview? You can read about it >>HERE<<

She said “I am approaching my mid 80’s but God is not through with me yet“.

It was *madness*, in literary sense here to say to an old and childless man to
leave the nation he has known all his life,  leave his family and follow a God
he had never seen through unmarked waters, unknown paths. Genesis 12:1-5

But Abraham knew, more than anything else and believed he was on the glorious ride to a very sure,
unquestionable and infallible future.

Abraham followed God whom his fathers never
knew.

Abraham was in our own human context, “mad” enough to risk even his own life on the platform of faith.

WOW!

He stubbornly pursued, 

He persistently heeded,

He obeyed even unto the death of the son he treasured the most.

He followed the Lord who
gave Him a promise until it became a covenant. 

His obedience was the ticket to making an amazing difference in His generation. 

Do you see that?
Your obedience to following the Lord this year is your ticket to make an amazing difference in your world.

That’s how Abraham got things done…He was committed to following the Lord.
Remember, the acronym “M-A-D”

Are you m-a-d enough yet? 

Not sure yet? I urge you to Keep reading…

This same rugged faith made a shepherd boy stand
for the truth at the risk of getting his head chopped off.

That madness made a boy go after a giant that the
greatest soldiers hid away from. I Samuel 17:32-54

That madness distinguished David among his peers.

It was and I still think you would agree that it is still madness
to lay your lives as burnt amusement for an ungodly king. But that madness made
the four Hebrew men refuse to bow before a man-made idol despite the burning
furnace before them. Daniel 3: 14-18

Hey! Are you
mad enough?       

If this madness for God took them to the place greatness,

If this madness to forsake all and stand for the
truth secured the perfect future for them and their generation,

If this madness sets you apart for God’s kingdom
and makes you heaven ready like Stephen, Acts 7:55-60

It must be a profitable madness!

I’d rather be mad like these people!

That young rich man couldn’t understand why he had
to give it all and buy the truth. But that’s the only principle that guarantees
you the kingdom! Luke 18:18-24

Giving Jesus your all doesn’t make you poor, but
secures you an eternal inheritance…

Hear this friend… until you commit to a dogged
faith at all cost, you are only a joke.

Allow me rephrase, Until you commit to God’s presence in your life, you are joking.

I say this without an ounce of apology…

 

At this instance, I know you are convinced enough
to be profitably mad.

The world thinks it is madness to live for God.

Right now, I am laughing.

If being a Christian makes you mad, then you better be..

Being a Christian allows you Make Amazing Difference in your world. 

Here is my commitment in 2016;

Now friend, I invite you to join me in this “madness”.

If you are in for a higher level of commitment
with God, write an open statement of faith in the comments “I am all in for
this profitable madness”.