It has been an eventful week for many around the Globe, and we lost a voice of reason this week, when Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah. Charlie was young still only 31 with a young wife (Erika Kirk) and 2 small children, and while I might not have agreed with every single thing he said, all the time; I agreed with a lot of it and he was a fellow brother in Christ. A person was asking online would people be just as upset if it was a black democratic politician who got shot. Yes, his name was Martin Luther King while not an actual politician, he had links to the democrat party! Charlie was also not an actual politician just a strong Conservative. But while on opposite sides of the political fence, he and Charlie Kirk had a lot of things in common. They both spoke out for social justice, equality and Christian values and they are both in Heaven. Like MLK, Charlie was a voice of truth, and people often don't like hearing the truth.

In the Old Testament at Sinai, Moses went up the mountain and brought back the message from God because the people didn't want God speaking to them directly.

Then they said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself, and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, lest we die.” - Exodus 20:19

What were they afraid of? Did they think God would tell them something they didn't want to hear? Hello? When you haven't carried out God's last set of instructions, its hard to get excited about the next set.

And how can we be sure that we belong to him? By looking within ourselves: are we really trying to do what he wants us to?

Someone may say, “I am a Christian; I am on my way to heaven; I belong to Christ.” But if he doesn’t do what Christ tells him to, he is a liar. But those who do what Christ tells them to will learn to love God more and more. That is the way to know whether or not you are a Christian. Anyone who says he is a Christian should live as Christ did.

- 1 John 2:3-6

Erika Kirk has spoken out and said, Charlie's work will go on, that 'they don't know what they have unleashed.' It is NOT about politics', or race, things the enemy tries to use to divide us. It is about DOING THE RIGHT THING. Standing up for Christian values. The shot that took the life of Charlie Kirk, birthed hundreds of Charlie Kirks in that instance.

So, are you content to be an onlooker, watching God move in the lives of others, instead of accepting the discipline required to have a personal relationship with him yourself? Do you want his gifts and his favor, but not the commitment that goes with them? God doesn't want you to be infatuated with the Bible, or the Church, or His blessings. He wants you to want Him in your life! To fall in love with Him, and he is not looking for a date. He's looking for a bride! He wants someone like Erica Kirk who will stick with Him when the going gets tough. Are you ready to put on the ring of commitment today?

Let us keep Erika and the children in our prayers today!