No the title is not about a new version of UFC or old skool WWF. Have you ever worn shoes that make your heal raw? Or you have work hard and your hands get raw, etc and so forth. That is no fun, it really affects your day to day life.
In a different way RAW or (Ready And Willing) can be seen in our walks with Christ. Sometimes we just feel completely sore and raw. We think the pain is bad and that God is upset with us and so we repent, and walk in condemnation for feeling the way we do. If RAW means ready and willing then maybe Gods purpose is really to allow us to become Ready And Willing.
What are things that you think of when you read that? Be ready to give it all? Sell everything you have? Be willing to be a martyr? Do we stop and wonder how martyrs of the past or people who gave up material possessions did it? Or why? Is it because you are a "real" christian if you live poor? Or that you need to look for a way to die for Jesus?
I have been thinking about this lately, I believe what the most important thing that Jesus Christ is after is not your sacrifice, but rather your obedience. Now hold your thoughts here, I'm not talking about tithing, witnessing, etc. I believe those things are very important, but the importance I am talking about here is to be obedient in the area of receiving from God. I believe why anyone who laid down their lives or lived in the slums for Christ is not because they went to do it to be a good Christian but rather they had received something so amazing from Christ that they were compelled. Compelled by His love in them, circumstances will happen, it is up to us to just respond to what God asks of us. Let Him worry about the details.
To make it short and sweet, God loves you, it is not selfish nor is it wrong to make it your first priority to receive His love and grace. Why else would we be able to walk in obedience? We obey because He loves us, not the other way around. Lets be Ready and Willing.
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