Dream Haters: Faithless Fretters

O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you?

Mark 9:19 (NKJV)

I’m ashamed of my (sometimes) membership in the Faithless Fretters “Gloom & Doom” Club. No Christian wants to belong to this group, so its meetings aren’t announced in churches. 

Even so, pop-up meetings are frequent. I also believe… where two or three Christians gather in doubt, the King of our hearts is NOT in the midst. Certainly, a different spirit rules.

So on the day when Jesus was called to raise the daughter of Jairus from the dead, He evicted every faithless fretter. Only the bravest believers could watch: those He knew would help usher (not hinder) the miracle's wonderful arrival.

Consider some thoughts:

  • Jesus 'Could do no mighty work...' (at home) 'And He marveled because of their unbelief' (Mark 6:5-6). Faithless fretters impede their own blessings!

  • Jesus created an inner circle. Certain times, only Peter, James, and John were invited to witness God’s marvels. Perhaps at that time, their faith was greatest?

  • 'All things are possible to him who believes' (Mark 9:23), including mountains moving, trees shrinking, giants falling, illness disappearing, and the transforming of death into life.

Actors, models, and talent for Christ:

in the eyes of some “religious” Christians, media is an impossible field.

  • It’s “impossible” for you to change it. 

  • It’s “impossible” for you to stay clean.

  • It’s “impossible” for you to stay safe.

I claim the Jesus-ordained opposite, because the Bible SAYS the opposite.* I claim naysayers are faithless fretters. Jesus uncovered and moved beyond them. He told His disciples to do the same. 

‘If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet’ (Matthew 10:14).

One way Hollywood copies God’s values? It won’t honor faithless fretters either… and BOTH reward faithful visionaries!

Most of the time, their direction is wrong, since they haven’t met the True Director. Through YOU and other Christians in the field, some of them will meet their Gracious Savior… and choose to become FAITHFUL BELIEVERS!

Dream Haters: Faithless Fretters (Part 9)

* 'Arise, shine; for your light has come,
And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
For behold, darkness will cover the earth,
And deep darkness the peoples;
But the Lord will rise upon you,
And His glory will appear upon you.
Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising' (Isaiah 60:1-3).

NOTE: God is my Ghostwriter. If what I write is good, it’s from God. You may see notes to 'Actors, Models & Talent for Christ.' If you think you're not in show business, think again. Shakespeare said, 'All the world's a stage and all its men and women merely players.’ Mostly true. But you're not merely players. You are messengers and ambassadors for the King of kings.

Carey Arban