Thursday, June 19, 2008

i believe in the power of people.

for now, lets just sorta not think about the power of god and how he does things. lets focus on the power of people. the power of a person.

in this world, there are a group of people who are extremely critical to our survival and growth of our human race.

they are the change makers.

without them, not enough food to eat.
without them, no electricity.
without them, no freedom for women.
without them, no bible to read.
what else?

lets cut this down a little.

each individual has the potential to change, be changed and be affected by change.

Christians are change makers.

WE ARE the salt and the light of the world.

God has called each and everyone of us to be a light to the darkness. notice how dark darkness is without light? but a little light from a candle, immediatelly illuminates the room. there is visibility. limited none-the-less, but darkness has been dispelled.

notice how plain a fried piece of potato can be? never tried before? go try. but add some salt, and suddenly, the taste of the potato is brought out. the goodness of the potato is shown. whats more, once the potato has salt on it, it is being preserved. salt preserves.

each one of us, we have the potential to change our circumstances.

OH! how often do we mellow in complaints and self inflicted pity about our school our friends our family our cell our church our boyfriend our teachers our studies our........
but how often do we do something about it.

how often do we BELIEVE that WE CAN do something about it. im here to say there is something you can do about it.

but alas, what great amounts of courage we need to face these things head on and rist failure, risk getting hurt, risk wasting our time, risk rejection, risk our reputation, risk....

im here to tell you there is a Jesus in everyone of you.

i spoke with the cell last week about the fiercesome person Jesus was in his actions. ask them about it.

There is a jesus inside you!

You can be the one that changes your class to practice integrity.
You can be the one that gets your cca to seek God's guidance.
You can be the one that preaches the gospel in the canteen during recess/lunch.
You can be the one that makes cell from dead to alive. ALIVE!
You can be the one that stands up for the weak.
You can be the one that fights for the truth.
You can be the one that gets things sorted out at home.
You can be the one that is radical, different, bold.

what else?

never take things lying down. make yourself heard, make yourself known. a problem is a problem.

what fools we are to believe that this is how its meant to be.

contribute.
you may not be the one leading the front. you may not be the charismatic spokesperson who is able to stir a crowd. but you contribute. changemaker.

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers(and perhaps for other non believers) in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

i charge you. courage.

be empowered by the holy spirit, and be encouraged in your heart. this is what we are meant to be. we must fight our battles. the Lord sees the heart. he knows you want to do it and he will bless you.

sometimes, we are scared and we seek the Lord and give excuses such as, oh its bad timing, or "oh i must maintain my reputation for his name's sake". this in psychology is known as self serving bias.

going for what is right is all that needs to be done.

of course, there must be wisdom in your decisions. if not sure, ASK OTHERS!

courage brothers and sisters. courage.