Faith in our God/their gods
I know, Kathryn what is your title about? I'll explain.
Last night I was watching the Discovery Channel about tribes in West Papua. Very interesting. They were telling about the rituals of the tribes, the biggest one being canabalism. Which, by the way, the missionaries in that area helped them to see was wrong! The tribes people even said that! Towards the end of the segment the tribespeople were reinacting a ritual they do when someone is injured or sick.
There was a man who was injured in his shoulder. EVERY man in the tribe gathered around this injured man and began chanting to their gods for healing and peace. EVERY man there did that. They all stopped what they were doing because they knew the importance of that one life, but not only that they knew the importance of what they could do to help. They believed in the power of their healing god. I say all of this fully knowing that our God is the ONLY God and the one true God. But the point is that they believe their gods to be the true ones. Another point I wanted to make was that they not only believed so much in that person and what they could do it help, but they believed and had faith with every ounce of their being that when they prayed to their gods they would answer and heal.
I tell you, Christians are not like this. We are not. It's sad, but true. How many times have we (myself included) knew of someone who was hurting, either physical main or spiritual or emotional pain, and did nothing to help. We were too busy or not close enough or didn't really understand what was going on. Excuses, we're full of them. And the Bible tells us that the spiritual family is closer than the physical and yet we don't act like that. Another thing that really struck me was the fact they believed so much in their gods to pray and ask for healing until it came. We, Christians, do not believe that our God could/would heal. If we really did believe that we would be on our knees asking for healing, asking for prayers answered. But we don't . Sure, we pray to God, but not to the extent and with the conviction that these tribespeople do to a god that isn't even real! Hello!!!!!
I just find all of this completely dumbfounding. I'm very convicted. It's amazing how a documentary about some tribespeople around the world worshipping another god can be used by God to bring me to my knees. Thanks!
Last night I was watching the Discovery Channel about tribes in West Papua. Very interesting. They were telling about the rituals of the tribes, the biggest one being canabalism. Which, by the way, the missionaries in that area helped them to see was wrong! The tribes people even said that! Towards the end of the segment the tribespeople were reinacting a ritual they do when someone is injured or sick.
There was a man who was injured in his shoulder. EVERY man in the tribe gathered around this injured man and began chanting to their gods for healing and peace. EVERY man there did that. They all stopped what they were doing because they knew the importance of that one life, but not only that they knew the importance of what they could do to help. They believed in the power of their healing god. I say all of this fully knowing that our God is the ONLY God and the one true God. But the point is that they believe their gods to be the true ones. Another point I wanted to make was that they not only believed so much in that person and what they could do it help, but they believed and had faith with every ounce of their being that when they prayed to their gods they would answer and heal.
I tell you, Christians are not like this. We are not. It's sad, but true. How many times have we (myself included) knew of someone who was hurting, either physical main or spiritual or emotional pain, and did nothing to help. We were too busy or not close enough or didn't really understand what was going on. Excuses, we're full of them. And the Bible tells us that the spiritual family is closer than the physical and yet we don't act like that. Another thing that really struck me was the fact they believed so much in their gods to pray and ask for healing until it came. We, Christians, do not believe that our God could/would heal. If we really did believe that we would be on our knees asking for healing, asking for prayers answered. But we don't . Sure, we pray to God, but not to the extent and with the conviction that these tribespeople do to a god that isn't even real! Hello!!!!!
I just find all of this completely dumbfounding. I'm very convicted. It's amazing how a documentary about some tribespeople around the world worshipping another god can be used by God to bring me to my knees. Thanks!
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