You already know what a Christian should do. So why is it so hard to actually do it?In Acts 11, a group of unnamed, ordinary believers scatter across the ancient world and end up in Antioch, one of the largest cities in the Roman Empire. Nobody recorded their names. They were not apostles or religious professionals. But they lived in such a way that outsiders watched them and reached for a word: Christians. People who belong entirely to Christ.What made the difference was not guilt or obligation. It was a full year of formation. Barnabas and Saul came to Antioch and spent twelve months teaching the church who they were and who they belonged to. When a famine hit Judea, the Antioch church did not deliberate. They simply gave, each according to what they had, without hesitation. Generosity was the natural fruit of who they had become.This message from Acts 11:19-30 is about the gap between what we claim to believe and how we actually live, and why closing that gap is not a willpower problem. It is a formation problem. The path to generosity, to obedience, to a life that looks like Christ, runs through formation, not obligation.What if you gave it a year? One year of consistent, faithful engagement with the practice that the Holy Spirit is already convicting you about. Scripture, prayer, worship, community, fasting, solitude, giving. Not all of them perfectly. Just the one that keeps coming to mind.The Antioch church did not set out to become the most generous congregation in the New Testament. They set out to be formed into the image of Christ. The generosity followed naturally.Give it a year.Creekside Community Church meets in Elizabeth, Colorado. We are a congregation of people trying to follow Jesus together in the middle of ordinary life. You can connect with us at www.creekside.cc