Bearfruit

The prognosis: Benign. For the record, benign has several meanings, but the most familiar is, “tissue that does not have a detrimental impact on surrounding tissue.” This is often used in the context of cancer and how a tumor can be benign, meaning that unless it presses against something, it’s not causing a problem because it’s not affecting the tissue around it.

However I’m not speaking in the context of cancer, tissue or tumors. I’m talking about your faith. Actually, I’m talking about my faith. Many of us Christians have benign faith. We’re absolutely not coming into contact with nor impacting those around us. Every once in a while we may press against something, causing a little discomfort, but for the most part our faith has little impact.

This must change. If you have some good news, share it! If we are salt, then the church is the salt shaker and we need to start sprinkling our faith around town. “Hold out your candle. Run to the darkness. Go light up the world.”