Rules for Radical Christians

Are you ready to enter the rabbit hole like Alice in Wonderland? Alice was a curious little girl that wanted something, but did not know what that something was. She was curious enough to enter the rabbit hole while chasing one in her back yard. When she entered the hole, an entirely new world opened up for her and there were many adventures for her to experience. She would made new friends and also some enemies. But in the end, she returned home with a greater appreciation for what she had and what she had become. Her time in the rabbit hole changed her. She was still Alice, but more mature. She appreciated what she had left behind and came back as a better Alice. One that was brave and better equipped to handle the stresses of living and change. She could move forward now with a resolve and determination to course a new path for her own life. And in the process, make an impact that would affect others. Alice learned this in the rabbit hole, and she was only ten years old.

How old are you spiritually? Not how long have you been a Christian, but how mature are you spiritually? Can you recognize God’s voice and know you are listening to your spiritual father? Can you trust His revelation to you and act on it knowing you will benefit from following its message? Can you be certain when you are speaking to a person that you are speaking to their heart and soul and they are really listening to you? When you pray, do you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that your prayer will be answered? If you can answer “yes” to all of these questions, then you have already explored your rabbit hole. If you answered “no” to any of these questions, are you ready to have the rabbit hole opened up for you? You see, if you are afraid to get to know God, the real heavenly father that loves you and wants to have a relationship with you, then you will do anything to avoid that really close and intimate heart to heart kind of honesty.

That is called “avoiding change”. That was the very same starting point of Alice in Wonderland. It is simply being young and immature. It is also the same point that we all begin our spiritual walk as immature children just as we begin our lives and our careers. Some of us are really successful and our lives show that success with beautiful homes and close families. Some of us are less successful and struggle with the simple matters of living. But one thing all of us can be successful in doing, is to love one another. This is the beginning of the maturing process for every Christian, to truly love God by caring about the well being of His family.

You know who they are! They are your brothers and sisters who will be spending all of eternity with you in the presence of God Almighty and for many of us, these are the hardest people in the world to want to love yet at the same time the very people who need to be loved. It is easier to love the world around us, especially the people we never personally meet. They are the people on the other side of the world to whom we give money by way of our donations to charities. Most of us will never meet these people. We will never make a personal impact on their lives. We can never get to know them because they live too far away from us, yet we are content to give to allow somebody else to act as our surrogate. Meanwhile, we feel we are too small and insignificant to make an impact on the world around us where we live. We are not smart enough, (no qualifications). We are not famous enough, (no reputation). We are not influential enough, (no authority). We are not rich enough, (no power). We don’t have the knowledge, (training) or the experience, (practice) to go out and change something we do not like. We look upon our lives and we are immature children, just like Alice.

But Alice matured in the rabbit hole. She did it by simply experiencing things and overcoming situations she encountered in the hole. They were fantastic, peculiar situations that she brought about upon herself because of her immaturity and of course curiosity. Have you lost your curiosity to explore and grow? Maybe you’ve reached the top! You have it all! Now what? The rabbit hole can become your “now what?” There are rules to learn to accomplish the “now what”. You have that business, you’re an elder in the church and you give to all of your favorite charities, but the world is still getting worse around you. Don’t you want to know why and how those immoral unbelievers got to the point of such power in your Christian and moral nation? With the authority and influence you have because of your position in business, shouldn’t you have some say in the policies being adopted that affects your life and your business? Haven’t you earned the right to make a positive impact? What did they do differently? What have you missed? How can you, a moral Christian, get the control of society back to moral men and women of character? People like you who want to pass on a society based upon decent spiritual values to your children and grandchildren.