Whatever your opinion of President Obama, one thing is true. We are seeing history happen right in front of our eyes. You can say good things about our current President or you can curse him, but you cannot deny that the world as we know it is changing in a way we could not have possible envisioned over a year ago.
Then again, hasn't this generation seen more changes in the world than any other? The Cold War, the collapse of the Berlin Wall and Communism in Europe, the rise of this crazy thing called the internet, a world economy so tightly knit that one country´s crash affects the entire globe in a matter of days, the positioning of China in the past 20 years. I forgot one, the VCR and microwave. Important ones. The world has become much smaller these days with technology and travel.
As Christians we have the opportunity once again to be in the midst of the change or we can remain on the sidelines, like some football fans, yelling, screaming and protesting. Honestly, in my opinion we have allowed several changes in US history to pass us by because we didn´t have the heart to get in the game and be on the front lines. Takes courage to step out of our nice suburban homes and hit the city streets or travel to the lesser blessed nations in the world. And it costs you something, actually costs you much.
A good friend and I were talking about the costs Christ asks us to pay to follow Him. We chatted and wondered why so many never got this part of Christianity. So often we get the blessing part, but the commitment and cost part never quite makes it to our brain and heart.
Another friend of mine who heads a mission organiztion is constantly asking young people and adults to live a radical Christian life among a nation of comfort. A lot of people hear his message and chase after this lifestyle, many more, I can only guess, think he is a lunatic. Maybe he is. Paul says something about that in one of his letters.
President Obama wasn´t the first one to come up with the idea of ´change´as a slogan. There´s someone called Jesus who came and asked a group of 12 to give up their lifestyles and take on something totally, radically, insanely different. They impacted more change than the world has even known.
What impact will the changes in your life hold for the future?
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