Capture the Flag!

So today on Retreat day which was the best one ever! Go Southwark and Greenwich! We played capture the flag or at least attempted too and then ended up tresspassing on someone elses land. But it made me realize something about myself....I always claim to be a defender, either defending our flag or defending our prision and taunting our prisioners...Sometimes I get carried away a bit with the game..I stay for a few minutes feeling content with my friendly jibes and then realize that I'm incredably bored. Not that someone doesn't need to defend the flag, it needs to be kept safe. It is the whole point of the game, but I suddenly realized that's not where my heart lies anymore. I eventually give up and end up risking my own flag in attempts to capture the other teams flag. But to do this I have to risk my own safety and cross over to the other side of the field, hide behind trees, dodge defenders and run like mad. With my eyes on the prize, that bright orange, beautiful flag, or in this case a plastic shopping bag, I run without regards to myself. I think only of that flag and stay focused attempt after attempt. I usually get caught and put in jail a few times....of course I'm not the fastest runner you know. but eventually the flag is within my hands and i manage to sneak back into friendly territory... No one suspects the innocent looking one that talks like a five year old. So we win the game.....I am not a defender, I am an attacker.
I think far too often in our lives as Christians, we try to hard to protect and perserve our own relationship with Christ. Which is all well and good, we can only control our own chance at salvation, that is our goal but, what about attacking the world for Jesus? Crossing over into enemy territory, dodging enemy bullets, both figuratively and literally, running towards revival, and risking our own necks for the sake of Christ, being thrown into prision, meeting secretly in homes. It could be even simpler than that. How about just speaking to that one person who is constantly on your heart and in your mind about Jesus. Victory isn't standing on earth as long as it takes so noone can take your flag. Victory is taking the world's flag and giving it to Jesus and seeing souls come to Jesus.So I encourage you to keep attacking this world and/or challenge you to stop hiding behind the defensive role and to start attacking if you know that you were called for more. Its far worth the risk....What is a few moments in jail...compared to victory!?