Do Something

S- Judges 6:13-14 "Sir" Gideon replied, "if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about: Didn't they say, 'The Lord brought us up out of Egypt'? But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites." Then the Lord tuned to him and said, "Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!"

O- Gideon was sitting and complaining to God about how He wasn't there with Israel and that God had lied to them. He complained about how in trouble Israel was and God was nowhere to be found. Then God simply responds that Gideon was the one to save Israel, that He was sending Gideon.

A- If there is one thing that as a culture we're good at, it's complaining about how bad we have it. We complain about not having enough money, about how our relationships are terrible, the president, the economy, the church, etc. . . We get angry at God because we don't have everything we want, when we want it, so it must be God's fault, because He isn't here. There are times that in the midst of our complaints, God speaks to us and says, "go, do something about it." Then we're floored, because the whole reason for complaining was so we didn't have to do anything about it. I believe that we forget that God has placed us in this place and time in life, to do something about the injustice and problems that we see in life. When we have the blessing of God, we can do anything.

Currently, I'm with a group of people, who have seen a need in the church to reach out to emerging generations (a younger generation that doesn't seem to be connecting with the church). The conclusion is that there's something that the church needs to be doing that it's not doing right now. We've been complaining about it for years, but recently, God has moved in the hearts of a few people to actually go do something about it. Instead of complaining, God said do. So we're starting an emerging church plant within our church. It's weird, it's crazy, exciting and scary, but it's what God has told us to go do.


P- God, I don't just want to sit and complain about how things should be, I want to be a part of them. Use me to change what's going on around me, not just complain about it.