The great missionary God used in China, Hudson Taylor, once returned to London, England on a furlough in an effort to recruit people to aid in the Gospel outreach to China. To do so he was visiting various congregations and at one point, on one given Lordsday, he broke and couldn't take the whole Christian "thing" that had grown up all around him. Here's what he wrote concerning this one particular worship gathering...
"At the moment it seemed to worsen the situation. As the full congregation rose to sing the last hymn, I looked around...pew upon pew of prosperous merchants, shopkeepers, visitors; demure wives in bonnet and crinolines, scrubbed children trained to hide their impatience; the atmosphere of smug piety sickened me. I seized my hat and left, unable to bear the sight of a congregation of a thousand or more Christian people rejoicing in their own security, while millions are perishing for lack of knowledge. I wandered out on the sands alone, in great spiritual agony."
How 'bout you? Playing it safe, passive and comfy, or are you living out the strenuous, cruciform life for Messiah's glory and love of neighbor?
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