April 24, 2007

SEEKING JUSTICE

I'm not entirely sure what's gotten into me, but I have this passion blossoming in my heart for justice. Social justice. Social justice all over the spectrum. All over the world. I don't think that it's just a "phase" either. This is a conviction I can't beat away any longer. My skin's uncomfortable containing the soul God's put inside of me. It's been stretching and growing in more ways than one, slowly releasing the work that God's doing on the inside.

I'm going to let it show.

I think what makes me the most excited is that there is an army rising up in the growing generation of young people. And when I say army, I don't want that term to be taken lightly. The biggest blessing is that God has put me in a place to lead these students, to lead them into battle, to lead them in this fight for justice. For seeking out what is right. For making something happen for the better. To be a change. To be the flicker of light that catches the eye of the lost and draws it into something greater, something like the Kingdom of God that these students are trying to manifest.

I am so encouraged right now. I am so excited to see this sort of passion. This sort of brilliance. This sort of moving of the Spirit in the hearts of today's youth. They're wanting to take back everything they've lost. They want to take everything back that American society and the media has stripped them of. Their innocence. Their purity. They want to recapture it and take that drive, that motivation, that LOVE to all people.

They want to defend their faith.

Earnestly.

The want to live their faith.

Radically.

My prayer is that God continues to move in the hearts of not only these students that I interact with on a weekly/daily basis, but in the hearts of His people. For change. For transformation. For justice to flood the nations.

There is a list on the left of several links to organizations and programs already in place pursuing social justice in all areas. Pick one. I want to challenge you to get involved.

1 comment:

  1. AMEN
    Matt, I am excited you are seeing that, too and are leading youth into that.
    And not just justice for justice's sake, but for God's glory and to see His power. Anything else, no matter how good, is just another form of idolatry...
    I'm hearing it in so many places. It is encouraging

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