I have been wanting to write a blog lately
I mean I have moved to
An
Entirely
New
City
It is awesome, and I have been learning a lot
And there are a lot of things I want to write about
But this is not this blog
I saw something tonight at church
It
Moved
Me
So much, I had to put everything else on the backburner that I have been wanting to write
Let me set it up for you
I have been going to Elevation Church since I have been in Charlotte
It
Is
Unbelievable
I talked with the campus pastor about leading a High School eGroup
He told me to come back to the 6 o clock service
So I could get a feel
For the
Elevation
Students
Whoa
I was blown away at how they were worshipping
And serving
There were probably more students serving than adults
I just started thinking and began writing on the sheet they hand out everybody some thoughts on:
The next generation
World Change
Prayer
Here are some of them
Its kind of funny
If you were to tell me I would have been this fired up over the next generation two years ago I would have laughed at you
(I always thought I was gonna be a senior pastor leading 1000s… haha)
God has changed me
He has changed my perspective
The world’s hope is in this generation
My generation
I had kind of lost my perspective on this
I was so caught up in me
But
God has a way of bringing you back
I really think
I really believe
I really know
At my core
That my generation will
Change the world
We are so great at identifying the impossible
So good at it
Put a bookmark here
Don’t worry I’m coming back to this
I have always been passionate about world change
If you know me you have probably heard phrases such as
“Safe people never change the world”
“Careful people never change the world”
Always said in a context of humor but with meaning
Of Course
However, in all my thoughts on world change I have learned
It is so easy to talk about Changing the world
So easy to say it, read it, pray it
But do it…
I have been asked, “Collin, when will you think the world has changed?”
“How will I we really know the world has changed?”
Typical of us
We always want answers
Before we act
Back to the bookmark…
We identify the impossible
We see it
We live in it
In fact if the impossible in life were a river
We would all be standing
On the bank of the river
Staring
Wondering
Dreaming
Conceiving magnificent plans
Of how to swim it
Then theres the one
He is that guy
He just jumps in
To see what happens
Here is the thing
We talk about world change
Change in our school
Change in our family
Change in our friends
Neighborhood
Nation
World
The questions posed above are the wrong questions!
The question is
“What are you doing?”
“What are you doing to bring about world change?”
World change happens when people act to make a world change
World change happens when people believe impossibilities to be completely and totally
doable
World change happens when people step off the banks of the river and get wet
World change happens when people stop using prayer as an excuse for their inactivity and do something
Ouch…
Trust me, if it is not God’s will for your life it will not happen
Why do we always put “qualifiers” on our prayers?
As if God needs them?
Did it just get personal?
Let me explain something to you
Prayer was never
Ever
Ever
EVER
Intended to withhold people
But rather propel people into what God has called them to
To propel people into world change
World Change happens when we stop asking questions about world change
And actually do something
Seeing a group of students worship and serve messed me up
This was more for me
Than you
My temptation is to require answers
Do things, answers will come
I promise you this
Jump in the river
And you will not be alone
People will follow
Be a river jumper
This was told to me by a previous mentor and has always stuck with me
I hope it does the same for you