I can remember being a freshman in high school and thinking that the world was a mess, but totally redeemable. I will definitely stick by that statement as a now junior in college, but I will say that the way to that change I'd envisioned is seriously different than what I thought it might be. Our lives are becoming busier and busier. Our fears mount as we begin to understand the severity of the danger our sin has caused.
After a bit of reflection I've noticed that since coming here my eyes have been blown open. I am not the idealistic fifteen year old I used to be. The deeper I've gone down the rabbit hole to find the root of suffering in this generation the more problems I see. What is the solution? The world holds so much potential but we (and I am generalizing) don't seem to be up to the challenge to explore those possibilities. Where has our apostolic mission gone?
We have let the hurricane of fear, doubt, insecurity, money, comfortability and complacency rule us out of the world that God has told us to keep for Him. What are we doing? What are we spending our money on? Who have we let down? I am not fifteen years old. I realize there is much left to learn and that not everything is a one-stop fix-er-upper. You have to build relationship, bathe everything in prayer, and be in constant communion with Jesus. It is not by our will or our power that the world changes but rather by Christ in us.
Are we letting Christ work through us? Are we too afraid to let Him because it might take us farther from what we know? You are not your own. You were bought with a price. For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Live the words you read. Follow the Lord. Don't let fear rule you. We are all the idealistic 15 year old. The world holds that potential still. God is sweeping the nations. Why aren't we helping?
Today I was doing a lesson with Meredith on missions and what the world looks like today. The Sour-Patch Missionary.
I will hopefully post something else about this before I leave.
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