There is restlessness in Christianity today, the kind of restlessness that comes from knowing something is wrong but not being sure what that something is. It’s the restlessness someone who bought a new car feels a few months later when the car’s transmission starts malfunctioning and he discovers it has been recalled because of a manufacturing defect. It’s the restlessness someone feels the day after trading a one-of-a-kind Mickey Mantle rookie card for a run-of-the-mill Alex Rodriguez offering. It’s a restlessness that lies just below the surface of all we do and say, yet still affects everything in its reach. It’s a restlessness that suggests a deeper problem – that we are Christians who have missed Christ. At its heart, Christianity is the story of redemption. Simply concentrating on conversion leaves us with a half-gospel, a pseudo-Christianity that cannot compare with the redemption of our God who is in the process of making all things new. But in our quest to be converted, to have assurance, to be right, we have forgotten that God calls us to be redeemed, to have impact, to be good. Thankfully, we are RECALLED to a new kind of life. God is reclaiming the world through his redemptive work, and he wants us to reclaim the story of redemption in our lives and in our world.

 

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