As I head off to Africa this week, these words are ringing in my spirit. “Let’s Change Our World.” As I reflect on the needs that are all around me where I live and then the dire needs of those whom I will be with this month who live on so little, I still find myself wondering, “Can I believe that the Jesus-filled life really, truly has the ability to change a world?”
I am concerned that we often lose faith and succumb to a life of survival rather than a life believing that we, as God’s people, are designed to turn our world upside down. I wrote this on my Facebook status as I was reflecting on this: