What I've been learning

Some things I’ve been learning is that I shouldn’t but limits on my relationship with God like saying to myself, “I have already prayed and read my Bible today, so I can do whatever I want now”. When in reality I should be seeking after a closer relationship and loving God with “all my heart, soul, mind, and strength (the 1st and GREATEST commandment, Matthew 22:37). When you want a closer relationship with a friend what do you do? Spend less time conversing with them and do things that annoy them? No, the exact opposite.
Another thing that I’ve been learning is how empty everything except things of God is. The other Taylor students and I have gone into a few DVD shops to look around. In my opinion, there is so much trash that anything in the whole store just seems dirty to me. Honestly if you think about it, 99% of movies have nothing to with God or truth, and if they do they are usually mocking God. One reason I don’t watch many movies anymore is that they can’t really do anything for me except bring me farther from God-- even if it is a movie that “isn’t bad”. Do I not watch many movies because of legalism? No, I don’t watch many movies because I have something infinitely better to fix my attention, praise, and money on.
Starting at the end of last school year, I have been really into the Christian music artist Keith Green. His music itself is pretty cool, but his lyrics are what really attract me to him. Many of the songs are just honest heartfelt passionate prayers to the Lord. I am also reading his biography called “No Compromise” which is a sweet book. It has taught me a lot about compromising our faith for the world and not letting our lights shine. There are songs called “You Love the World (And You’re Avoiding Me)” a song about how many Christians love worldly stuff like magazines and TV more than the Lord, and another one called “Asleep in the Light” about how many Christians forget the “Great Commission” part of the Christian life and just live for themselves. My favorite Keith Green song is called “If You Love the Lord” and just talks about how our hearts need to be before God.
Another thing I’ve been learning is that Christians need to have a heart for the lost. I feel like in this world it is easier to have a heart for the TV show LOST than the people who are going to spend eternity in Hell if Christians don’t reach out to them. Charles Spurgeon the famous Christian dude said something like this, “If you don’t care about the salvation of the unsaved, then you are not saved yourself”. I’m not calling that Biblical truth or anything, but if Christ is truly so important and great (which I believe he is and the Bible says he is), then why don’t many Christians care about the salvation of non-Christians? Could it be because they aren’t seeking Him? Not to say I’m perfect, I’m not and that’s why God is teaching me about how we need to care about the unsaved and how we need to pray for a heart for them.