Heart Stirred Up

I refuse to be part of a generation whose week is a mundane pre-cursor to a weekend of wasteful, self-centred indulgence. Instead, the generation that I'm a part of is a generation whose selfish desires are eclipsed by selfless faith.

I refuse to be part of a generation where hope and assurance is found in fame, fortune and artificial appearances. Instead, my hope is found in Jesus Christ, the Saviour who died for love - whose life, whose love, and whose light will shine from me and destroy the darkness that surrounds my world.

I refuse to be part of a generation who stand idly by when there are thousands dying every day who needn't be; millions suffering every day who shouldn't be. I am part of a generation who will honour the name of Jesus with love and justice - not just when all eyes are on me, but when my actions are hidden from all prospect of recognition on this earth.

¹⁰ and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry

and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,

then your light will rise in the darkness,

and your night will become like the noonday.

Isaiah 58:10

¹⁴"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.¹⁶In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:14-16

It seems like 'the light' is everywhere, but it's still warming up. I'm looking forward to a day where that light; our light shines so brightly from us that we can't help but rescue the oppressed, the downtrodden, the broken, the tired. I'm ready for a life dedicated to something that outlasts it.

Our call is to love God AND love people. It isn't an either / or option. How can we really worship God with all of our heart mind and strength if in the very same moment we're neglecting the very people he gave his only Son for?!

"We will be your hands, we will be your feet, we will run this race for the least of these. In the darkest place, we will be your light."

Joel Houston - "Solution"

"Be the change you want to see in the world"

Ghandi

Patience

I think I've always known this, but the last few weeks have highlighted it for me. I'm incredibly impatient.

I know, I know, some of you won't be at all surprised to hear me say that - in fact, the only thing that will surprise you is how long that it's taken to come to this realisation in the first place. It feels an awful lot like the world inside my head moves a thousand times faster than the world outside of it. It's rubbish. I tend to come to decisions in the 'inside' world looonngg before the 'outside' world does.

The reality is that everything moves at the same speed. I'm certainly not exceptionally smart, quick, or innovative. It's just that the routes I take are quicker. That isn't a positive thing. Imagine taking a train from thought A to the destination at point E. I'm realising that I regularly miss out all of the stops in between, missing valuable information, thoughts and processes that could make things a whole lot easier. This blog is a promise to try and get to the final destination without misses any stops along the way. It's going to be hard.

I bet I'll lose patience with patience, but we'll see!

(P.S Sam Wade BMFL Lolage...there you go mate)