Profiting from Christianity
At some point in our lives the urge to seek a deeper connection to GOD, by whatever name we may call him, becomes alive in us. During my awakening I was discontent with accepting the religious and spiritual thought of others, or becoming consumed with the ideas familiar to me. I felt that this awakened was much to important to take lightly. Therefore, during my spiritual journey I became open to learning and evaluating many concepts, ideas and religious thoughts. A muslim friend of mine asked me many years ago, if I thought that I, or some of the Christian mega churches were profiting from the poor or on the back of Christianity. He would watch and read about many of the churches selling books, tapes and other learning materials and would question why. He was a muslim trying to understand the thoughts of a Christain. Stepping outside of Christianity, I asked him if he’d ever been so excited about something that he just had to share it with his freinds. He responded, “yes, that is why I wanted to share Islam with you. I wanted to feed your soul with the words of the Quran.” I replied, by telling him that, that is the very same idea. Christian want to feed the souls of everyone they come into contact with, and even though the Bible remains the same, each persons walk will be different…filled with fresh, new, exciting revelation as they grow in there walk with GOD. It becomes alive and the need to express this revelation becomes apart of everything that they are about. It reflects in there life, in there work, and in all that they touch. Christianity profits from the Christian that has allowed GOD’s presence to absorb thoughout their entire life. Therefore when you see someone that has chosen to earn there living by doing what they enjoy, and that thing that they enjoy happens to be in a religious package. It may not be a conscious decision as much as it may be a “heartfelt”, “there’s nothing more that I’d rather do in life” decision then anything else.
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