Walking Seriously for Jesus

By Kevin Molloy

At a former church that I was attending, the pastor asked me to do something. The request surprised me because it basically was a lie "just to get along". He wanted me to be politically correct in my dealings with another brother within the Body of local believers.

Since then, I have lost all respect for him, and I have not been back to that assembly since.

When someone asks me to go against my conscience and apologize when I do no wrong, well, to me that is a lie. Anyone who knows me well enough knows that I abominate lying.

Of course God hate’s lying.

That puts me in good company I think.

This month’s theme is all about a serious walk with Jesus. There is more to church services and being a Christian than "pew sitting". I can remember the lyrics of a country Gospel singer who sang these words:

"You sing two songs, the preacher reads a sermon, and you stand in a word of prayer".

Ever since I received Jesus as my Savior, I have written poetry and actually written songs and thought about Jesus twenty-four hours a day, which included dreams of Him. My greatest reason to be alive is to tell Jesus’ story to as many people who will listen.

Bold would describe me. Even in China where one could be arrested and never heard from again, boldness for Jesus and the risk it brought was willingly accepted. Should I ever return there I would risk it again. Story after story reveals that I could possibly be executed, but I figure that my main reason for living is Jesus.

My mind is "single" as well as my eyes for this purpose.

Please do not get me wrong I do not invite death and have no martyrdom complex. I want to stay alive to see more people receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. There was a girl in a wheel chair this week that dedicated her life to Jesus. I was head over heels with happiness.

She has Spina Bifida yet she needs Jesus as well as I do. Please pray for Tracy as she grows in grace and in knowledge. I have no desire but to see her grow in faith, and be a productive member of the Kingdom of God. She is staying with a friend of mine in an assisted living facility nearby to where I live. Before I started to visit her I only visited my friend Merritt Letson.

Merritt is an older gentleman of 86 and just as spry mentally as the day when he was born, to me. It is a nursing home ministry which because of my stroke, which I had, last year; has caused me to appreciate greatly. I used a walker last year in China. I am more compassionate than my Chinese relatives over there.

They only thought of money, and I was only thinking of Jesus. There was bound to be conflict. Still having the chance to minister to over 200 million people and just say the name to them in an atheistic, hedonistic, society is what walking solidly for Jesus is all about.

Or maybe I am wrong…

Since I have returned nobody has asked me to tell him or her the story of my ministry over there. We have inquired and got no response. There seems to be a desire in local affairs of the church and local community, but no interest concerning missions, aside from watching the cute children give their pennies on Mission’s Sunday.

There is a lot of talk about the local football team, and basketball team, and basketball team from the men. There is a lot of talk about family relations from the female contingent of the Body of Christ, travel, yet very little about Bible, (except to hear how people do not know the bible).

It truly is understandable why missions is lowest priority from what I have seen so far and remember what it was like before I went to China. Many people from America want a passport now so they can get to Mexico and Canada for selfish reasons.

The enemy must be laughing his fool head off at the excuses we manufacture to get out of going to the mission field. There is such a desire to speak English in some foreign countries to assist them with their economic infusion that it is free to travel and stay there. Missions are easier than ever to pay for because of English being so universally desired.

It is almost like the first century…

It will not come without sacrifice, and problems. Yet we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. The opportunity to face the challenge is there. The workers are few. Does this paragraph sound familiar?

The same God is in charge, and the same enemy is the curse of those of us who walk seriously for Jesus.

I am asking Jesus to help me with my health and now have found a new vitamin supplement has done wonders for me. Perhaps that is why I returned home to America to learn this information. The Chinese diet is instrumental to my health care plan, which I see now. A former relative who lives there now is faring much better.

Walking seriously with God could help us live longer because of dietary changes that we would be forced to adopt. I had few choices about American food and enjoyed the Chinese diet; not everything, but many things which are unheard of here. Yet there they are plentiful and cheap to purchase.