Defeatist Christians

We talk about victory in the Lord. But we act as if we’ve lost.

Why do so many Christians have this attitude of “nothing new under the sun”? We have lost sight of the transforming power of God in and through us in the society. If we had a bit more vision, faith and trust in God, we would have the courage to let the dreams, the creativity and the fight for righteousness flow out of us.

Erwin McManus makes this point, announcing his dislike of  King Solomon’s words in Ecclesiastes:  “there is nothing new under the sun”.  He says  people would ask him, what’s the next big thing after post-modernism? He used to not have an answer. Now his reply goes, “it will be whatever we want it to be”. The point being, why are we waiting around for permission to change the world, when we have the power of God to be creative, active, to be the ones who shape the future.

McManus points out that the Church used to be the epicenter of creativity and ideas. Now we are satisfied to recycle yesterdays inventions.

Let’s quit being defeatists and seek to live life to our God-given fullest capacity.