I’ve been thinking a lot about Myanmar these past days. I just remember how kind the people were when I was there. It is just awful what is going on with their government. They would rather let their people suffer than for them to see the kindness of the relief workers. What is so sad is that so many of the people there are caught up in a hopeless religion (Buddhism). Most of them have no clue what they believe. They just go to the places of worship because that is all that they have known. They bow down and give worship to a little “g” god when they could have a relationship with a big “G” God. They are very passionate about it though. They have set up their Pagodas all over the place. Below are some pictures from my trip.
This morning I read 1 Corinthians 11:1 where Paul said:1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. That is a pretty bold statement there to tell others to imitate you. Just think about it. Would you want some imitators of you running around. Of course he is imitating Christ therefore he can say that. Christ is his passion. These people in Myanmar have just imitated what they have seen in the past. I found while there that even those who called themselves Christians many times are nothing more than Christian by birth. I’m not talking about a spiritual birth but the birth that took place when they were born to Christian parents. Just like some are born into Buddhist families they were born into a Christian family. Many cannot tell you how they came to a faith in Jesus Christ. There is something missing there but yet them imitate.
Do people see the power of the new birth in us? Do they see our passion?
One of the things that got me thinking about all of this was a memory of something I did while in Myanmar. I’ve also done this in the Ukraine and in India. When I go on a mission trip I always take with me some Mississippi State hats to give away. In India I do confess I took some orange TN hats. Why did I do that? I love the Bulldogs and I’m passionate about them. My office has bulldog stuff all over it. I MSU tag on my car. It doesn’t take you long to realize who I root for. I wonder if people realize who my God is though. I wonder if they see that in me. I wonder do they see that in you?
Go State…no, rather Go Jesus!
