I'm sorry, I can tell you mean well, but that is just a cop-out. We Christian's have been using that excuse forever. We will never be perfect like Christ so basically, "I'll do the best I can but don't expect much", becomes our motto.
Again, It would be ludicrous to expect perfection from one another, we all know that is impossible, but the more we say we can't be perfect the more we just excuse our own behavior. Why not say, "we can do anything through Christ Jesus".
We must do the best He can! In fact, if it helps, rather then compare yourself to Christ, compare yourself and the rest of us to those involved in the first Church, apples for apples. If you compare todays Christians with the first Christians, how can you say, I guess we do the best we can"? They were human also, they had just as many of the same hang ups and weaknesses that we do, in fact they had one other small problem that we American Christian's don't have, they were getting killed because they would not stop trying to be a better Christian.
Here we are in a Country that was founded by Christians. A society that even wrote the Christian values system into the framework of our government. A country that from the beginning has held a motto, "In God We Trust", and you look at the state this country is in and you tell me, "I guess we do the best we can". Shall we talk about millions of abortions, or homosexuality running ramped and being taught in schools to our children, or the horrifying decay of general morality.
I mean, all we had to do was hold onto something others died to give us, and we can't even do that.
I am sorry, WE ARE NOT DOING THE BEST WE CAN! NOT EVEN CLOSE!
Is it hard? Yes! In some cases, is it almost impossible? Yes! With the power of Christ and Him working through one another can we get the job done? MOST ASSUREDLY, YES!!!
We must stop accepting mediocre Christianity from one another!!! We must pray for one another!! Support one another!! Hold one another accountable for their witness to the lost!!! We must not allow hypocrisy to run ramped among our brethren!! We must continue to be a lighthouse in our country so our country can be a lighthouse for the world!!!
If we do not step up to the plate now, we will severely regret it. Already you can see The Hand of God pulling away from our shores. His wonderful blessing over this country is being removed. We must not allow that to happen. If not for our own sake then for the sake of our children, and their children and so forth.
We must not tell ourselves that this is just the end times and this is just the way it has got to be. We don't know that! Nobody knows that, not even the Son of God! For all we know, this country could lose Our Father's Hand of protection and we could live under terrene for 5 thousand more years before Christ comes again. And if you don't think that is possible ask a Jew for a history lesson or better yet, blow off the cob webs and crack open the old testament and see for yourself.
Enough is enough!! It is time to change the direction of this ship we call America !!! I believe this is our time. Our Father is giving us all one more chance before His judgment pours out. If we don't take advantage of it, shame on us, we deserve what we get.
But what of our children? You look into those innocent little eyes and envision their future living in a country without God's favor, and you tell them, we did the best we could.