During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, there was a shortage of currency in the British Empire. Representatives carefully searched the nation in hopes of finding silver to meet the emergency. After one month, the committee returned with its report. “We have searched the Empire in vain seeking to find silver,” they said. “To our dismay, we found none anywhere except in the cathedrals where the statues of the saints are made of the finest silver.” To this, Cromwell replied, “Then let us melt down the saints and put them into circulation.” In today’s world Christians have become as statues, we look pretty and look the part but we are not doing anything.We have become like silver statues in our beautiful sanctuaries influence of the mindset of security and safety. I pray that we would be melted down and put into circulation. It is time to allow the hand of God to turn up the heat and cause a melting of our hearts so we can be remade to serve our purpose of reaching every man, woman, boy and girl with this great Gospel. We have become so comfortable in our salvation that we do not want to be disturbed and called into the field. We must lay down our pride and allow God to use us in the way He planned for us. We tell God “you can have this and that but don’t touch this area. God wants all or nothing and remember He doesn’t drive parked cars. It is time to get out of neutral and become all for the KINGDOM!
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