No Excuse David Bowden

I write to you,
Poets and martyrs
Disciples and daughters
Elders and brothers
Christians and lovers
Pastors and teachers
Prophets and preachers
I write to you, leaders.
That you might gather the weapons from your armories
Grab your pulpits and mics, stages and lights
Buildings and pews, your resources be used.
For the wife has been bruised, her body has been beaten and bludgeoned.
Shes cheated on the man she once pursued, for the bride has now forgotten her
husband.
I write to you, for you have been summoned.
That you might sacrifice your church services and your functions
Your evening worship and your luncheons.
Bring your members by the dozen, no matter your short comings or dysfunctions.

You have been summoned to bare this insistence, that God wants to use every part of
your existence.
And none of you are any different. If your church is slowing or resurgent, older but an
infant, you are part of the resistance.
To stand your ground against the armies of apathy rising against us.
I write to you, for I see Christians, but I dont see Christ.

I see people living but not surrendering lives.

I see large buildings that cannot see strife.
I see free salvation that is way under priced.
I see a body called to poverty by wealth be enticed.
And I know you see it, too.
Our alliance has been spliced, unsatisfied with the riches of the world when Gods
kingdom should have sufficed.

I write to you who are soon to be revolutionaries to encourage you in the cause you will
soon be influencing.
I write to you to tell you that you have all that you need.
And thats not another book, conference, facility, or degree.
its not a bigger budget, membership, network or buidling.
For Christ conquered death with only a tree.
And if you have more than that, how much more will he want to see?

For you see, you have all that you need

For you have breath, feet, blood, tears, pulse, hands, eyes, ears.
You have brothers and sisters, resources and givers, a world full of sin and a God that is
bigger.

You have all that you need, and you will need all that you have.
For the life influenced by Christ cannot be given in halves.
It will not spare a drop, it will not scare or stop.
But will sell all its got for that treasure in the empty lot.
You need all you have for you know the cost.
It may cause you to toss away your money, house, car, clothes.
The cause may cost you lose all of those.
But what if it cost your reputation, position, your job and ambitions
Your identity, decisions, respect, your best intentions?
You will need all you have for you have all that you need and all you have is all He needs
for all you need is all He has.
With great urgency, I write this muse, for the one thing we do not have is an excuse.
We have a mighty God who became poor and bruised. What do not have is an excuse.
We have the Holy Spirit inhabited for Gods own use. What do not have is an excuse.
We have a sure resurrection, the power of death diffused. What we do not have is an
excuse.
We have the Words of Life, the greatest of news. What we do not have is an excuse.

That is why I write to you this insisting issuance that you might lead with great prudence
to a world full of darkness may we be a holy nuisance
As we lead the cause of Christ through the power of His influence.