At school, I thought about my friends and knew we were the ones who could change the world. We are all so diverse and so close to each other. We support each other like no ones business. We can reach different areas of this world and make a huge impact. I dream big; and I believe it with every fiber of my being. But I know we will struggle and we will only succeed if we focus on God.Now that I am home, I see the full impact. I have seen major success since being home and it has made my heart skip beats and keeps the smile on my face. I have also seen major struggles that cause my chest to tighten and my stomach to clinch. All I can say as I take this in is "God save us". He is the only one who can in this evil world.
We are not safe because of our age. What we do now does matter. We have to account for it. We will remember it. We will pay the consequences for it. Whatever "it" maybe. We better be careful because there is no such thing as a free ride, no matter the circumstances.As I say "God save us", I know He already has. And that is what we are celebrating this time of year. The pastor of a church I visited stressed this- We are celebrating Jesus' birth this time of year, but we must also celebrate the cross this time of year because that is why He came. Thank God for the manager, thank God for the cross, tomb, and resurrection, and the time in between. Thank God for Jesus who being God decided to become like man to die the worst death; so we have hope to survive this evil world we created.
This is why I can say "God save us". I know He will. It saddens me because I know the sick need a doctor, the poor need a provider, and the threatened need an army. The world we created makes every man sick, poor, and defenseless against the spiritual war going on.I look around to see who attends to the sick and see there are far more ill than healthy willing to help. I see more poor than wealth willing to provide. I try to find our armies and see them distracted from training for the war going on. Where did our leaders go to train these soldiers? Why are the people so spiritually weak? Where are the people who are suppose to be nurturing them in spiritual matters? Where are the people who know how to comfort from the love God gives us? Or where are the people who are suppose to open the eyes of everyone to the facade of this life? This world may look real, but the real part of this world is the part we can't see. The eternal world we don't see till we die from this temporary world.
I believe God will still raise up people to reclaim His name. If we will not respond, creation will only become louder in proclaiming His name and righteousness.
This is why I can say "God continue to save us". I can be afraid, worried, scared, and paralyzed from the unknown, or I can trust God to sustain me and work through me to make a change. I can only hope my friends (no matter their age) will realize their responsibility and do the same.I will leave you with this: We celebrate Jesus' birth, but we need to celebrate His death as well. Because He came to die so we can live. We are to live like Him. We should live to die, so others may learn to live. Dying everyday to show people life and telling them how to live and how to receive life.
Philippians 2:5-11
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made Himself nothing taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
