Politics, Problems, and Passion

Have any of you been watching the Democratic National Convention? If so, have you seen the passion of the people there? I don't just mean the ones that are in the convention doing there back-patting or their thunderous speeches, I also mean the thousands of protesters out on the street. I mean the millions watching the Convention. You know what people are doing all this for? Some because they want power (many I'd say), some because its a status issue or something of a similar nature, but some, some are there because they want to fix problems. Fix problems of the government, of policy (foreign, mostly), of the "system" in which they live in. (That is, a hegemonic system in which what they say or do doesn't truly matter). And these people, in seeking to fix these problems, will ultimately be disappointed. Oh yes, some victories here or there, some hurrahs for certain things, but ultimately, they will be disappointed. Here's a fact: government cannot satisfy all of your problems. What another fact? here's one: A government that is big enough to fix some problems will create new problems and a government that is too small to fix some problems will create other problems. To what governing can we look!

The governing of Jesus Christ.

A Person able to fix problems, that has answers, that is big, wise, smart, and able to fix our innermost problems? I'll tell you this, it isn't to be found in the philosophy of this age (OPRAH!!!) or to be found in the big people of this age (BARACK, McCAIN), it is to be found in Christ alone.

So then, let's look at these people in a new light.

They are working, delegating, picketing, protesting, pursuing life altering decisions, totally pouring themselves into this goal of changing a government that is incapable of doing what truly is most important: saving people's souls.

Whoa! These people are on fire (well, not to that protesting point yet) for their beliefs. The way they life is dramatically altered for what they believe.


Are we? (myself definately included!)

Why Why Why do we lack the passion of these people! Why don't we "hit the streets" like these people! It just kills me! The lack of committment to Christ and to loving God and people and telling them the truth that can save them! Where is the power behind us?

But there are the people who are, people who's lives are (I've heard this phrase, hopefully I'm using it correctly) "ruined for the ordinary" (something like that). These people who live Christ all day. I know its not everyone! I can see its not everyone, but there are some. These are the models I follow. Not in a 1 Corinthians 3:4 sense (look it up to know what I mean) but in the sense of these are my mentors, my role models, my flesh-and-bones guides, my teachers, etc. How blessed I am for these people! How blessed it is for people when Christ is lived out.

We should all (all who bear the name of Christ) be living out Christ. That is my prayer for believers.



What are you going to do about this live we have?