What if...?

It's been a week and a half since Harold Camping's predicted Rapture Day. Obviously, it didn't occur, but as I was reading this article from the New York Times ("Make My Bed? But You Say the World's Ending") I was really struck by the extent to which his followers believed him and acted upon that their beliefs. In one family highlighted here, the mother quit her job as a nurse and spent the last two years on missions trips to proclaim that the end was nearing. Another devoted follower spent nearly his whole life savings, about $140,000 on billboards and advertising to spread the word. $140,000!

Belief isn't just mental or theoretical; it dictates action. What do you be willing to give your life savings to? What are you so convinced of that it is worth every fiber of your being? What news is so urgent and good that you can't contain it?

What if we who call ourselves Christians were just as convinced of the truth of the gospel? What if we truly believed that we will have to stand before God one day to account for all that we ever thought, said, or did? What if we truly believed that Jesus came to reconcile the world to himself, that he called us to join him in that work, and that he will come back and finish what he started? What if we were completely sold out for him? What would the world look like?