Today's topic is like a part two of what I discussed in "Do you have Joy?". What is situational Christianity?, I define situational Christianity as the tendency of demonstrating your Christian Faith only when the situations around you are convenient. A situational Christian is such a person that is not steadfast in his or her love for God, he is only happy and excited when things are going well around him or for him. For instance, it is when he has much money in his pocket or in his bank account that he is going to sing praises and dance unto the Lord, but if it happens that he ran out of cash, he can even decide not to attend church meetings and would feel so depressed, and would find it difficult to pray. A situational Christian is such a person that have allowed his present situations to affect his relationship with God...Someone like this will suddenly lose zeal for spiritual things because somebody in the Church or in the family hurts him Or because what he is expecting God to do for him has not yet manifested.
If your own Christianity is situational, then you are probably a weak Christian or not yet a Christian! In fact, some people have been deceived to believe that "it is impossible for Christians to pass through sufferings", they think to be a Christian is to get all that you want done - But they are very wrong. Christianity is as full of sufferings and persecutions and pains just as it is full of blessings and power and miracles. Christianity involves carrying one's cross daily, denying yourself, disapproving your own will and submitting to the will of God, living by faith and trusting in God even when it seems all help is gone, being tested and trained by God through harsh circumstances as well as being hated and persecuted by all men for Christ's sake. Now, if you have been deceived to see Christianity as a bed of roses where you can always have everything you desire, you have to renew your mind and think right. Some people are losing their joy and happiness simply because God is not taking away a particular problem they are asking God to take away, some even vowed that they won't serve God again because He did not answer their prayers!
BELIEVE ME, GOD DOES NOT TAKE PLEASURE IN SITUATIONAL CHRISTIANS. CHRISTIANITY DOES NOT PROMISE YOU THAT EVERYTHING WILL GO WELL WITH YOU ALWAYS...IN FACT, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MORE HATED BY THE WORLD THAN BEING LOVED BY THEM!! The major reason why we become Christians is to have eternal life and please God with our lives!!! Amen.
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