Don’t Just Believe—Do

A note to young Christian leaders.

Christianity is not a noun. Christianity is a call to action.

It’s no accident that the book chronicling the early Church is called “Acts”.

In the parable of the good and faithful servant, God does not say: “Well said”, “Well intentioned” or even “Well prayed”.

God says: “Well DONE, good and faithful servant.”

In 1947, Peter Marshall, former Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, issued this challenge to senators:

“I wonder what would happen if we all agreed to read one of the Gospels, until we came to a place that told us to do something – then went out to do it, and only after we had done it, began reading again?”

Just as a company cannot thrive when it has too many spectators, so too Christianity cannot thrive if it has too many do-nothing Christians.

GK Chesterton was spot on when he said: “Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It’s been found difficult and not tried.”

We are not what we believe, we are what we do.

So don’t just believe. Don’t just attend. Do.