A few years ago, a popular program host sent his staff to interview graduate students at some of our top-ranked universities in the U.S. The first question the grad students were asked was if they were socialists. Almost all said “yes.” Then, they were asked, “What is socialism?” Not a single one could answer this. Some tried and were embarrassed. Perhaps it would be good to understand anything we claim to be or believe in.

       These were grad students at the best universities in the U.S., the country that spends the most per student on education. They had all bought into the Marxist philosophy, which history testifies has been the most deadly and destructive philosophy the world has ever known. They embraced it even though they could not define it! The emerging generations may be the most educated ever, but as many are now seeing, they have not been educated but indoctrinated in ways that increasingly separate them from reality.

       But let’s not judge too harshly when we could say the same thing about Christians today. How do so many spend their lives in churches but cannot articulate even basic Christian doctrines? Charles Spurgeon lamented that he could find ten men who would die for the Bible for every one that would read it.

       We are told in 1 Corinthians 2:10, “For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.” So, if we truly have His Spirit, we should not be shallow in anything we believe. Do we, by His Spirit, search “all things” or just accept what we hear that sounds good to us?

       The Christian life is not just following rules, attending meetings, or being able to quote doctrines accurately. The true Christian life is the greatest adventure we can live on this earth. This adventure does not just lead us to things to do but also what we are called to be. As someone said, “We are not called ‘human doings’ but ‘human beings.’”

       Doing what the Lord called us to do is important, but becoming what He has called us to be is even more so. We will not be able to do what we’re called to do if we are not becoming what we are called to be. The works of the Lord are not just about getting projects done, but His works are a message about Who He is—His nature. So, we must do His works by and with His Spirit—His heart and nature. This requires becoming who we are called to be.

       In Christ we each have a unique purpose, a calling, to fulfill. This is to be a specific part of His body with a specific function. The Lord brought us into this world with that in mind. Until we are all joined properly to the ultimate team and the greatest force in this world—the body of Christ—none of us can fully be who we are called to be. So, part of our work in the Lord is to help build this team, which is also His temple and His bride that must be made ready for Him. This work also changes us into what we are called to be, the specific part of His body.

       The more we mature in Christ, the more we will see what God is building and our place in it. These must come by revelation from above, just as it did with the first sojourner, Abraham. Abraham’s vision of what God was building so captivated him that he left everything and everyone he knew to seek it. We can question why anyone who has seen what God is doing—what He is building—would not do as Abraham did, giving themselves fully to it.

       There is simply nothing man is building or doing that can compare to what the Lord is building. When we see His work, it will be hard to be interested in even the greatest works of man. One characteristic of those who have seen what God is building is how lightly they hold to the things of this world and this life and how much they’re willing to sacrifice for God’s work.

       Once we see eternity with “the eyes of our hearts,” not just our minds, the temporary things of this world will lose their grip on us. These will be replaced by a hope and vision that those who do not have these cannot understand. An ultimate reflection of this is how easily they will even surrender their temporary lives in this world with joy to serve the eternal purposes of God. Those who see it become peculiar people who are captivated by what they’ve seen from another world.

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