"Is-ness or Ought-ness"

"I refuse to accept the idea that the 'isness' of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal 'oughtness' that forever confronts him." --Martin Luther King Jr. (Noble Peaces Prize Acceptance Speech)

If you have never read this speech it is a must.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-acceptance.html

Reaching out to those who do not know Christ at this point seems to be an oughtness instead of an isness. We must allow the reality of the lost to dictate our actions. It more than a good idea; it is a command. This excert of Dr. Kings speech is true in so many areas of life, but not in reaching the lost. Lets make it an isness and not an oughtness.

*Title for this blog comes from Bill Hybels book "Holy Discontent".