"We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me"
This song was brought to my attention by my roommate and she was surprised I never heard it before...
As I sat there listening to the song at first totally caught up in the wonderful melodies and harmonies, amazing artists voices then I remembered that there were lyrics to the song! As I listened to these words my heart broke. These people were singing about how the only hope they had was each other! They are the one's saving their own lives! I just started weeping thinking about how they are blinded by this lie.
We CANNOT save ourselves! Only Jesus can!
It is so sad because they are doing this for a wonderful cause, trying to help the beautiful people of Haiti and they want to bond in this effort with "human brotherhood" a "global village"...my heart breaks for these blinded people.
Im not much of a "blogger" but I felt the need to share this, we need to share Christ with this lost and dying world! I am so sick of "Christians" doing nothing! THIS WORLD IS LOST!!! THEY ARE BLIND!!! Believers in Christ listen up! This is WHY we are here! THIS IS OUR CALLING!!! I pray for REVIVAL! I pray for a BURDEN for the LOST! I pray for LABORERS to be SENT OUT! We are COMMANDED by GOD to reach the lost with the Gospel! That Jesus Christ is SAVIOR for ALL!
HE is our Savior not us!
We have HOPE in Christ! Not people...These people who are bonding together right now over this tragedy will soon be at each others throats. It is sad but true...Jesus will never forsake us or turn His back on us! He is Our Rock, Our Stronghold, Our Savior! He is THE WAY, THE TRUTH!!, The LIGHT in this Dark World!
GOD IS ALIVE!
Through all this tragedy, and heartache and wars and famine and genocide it seems as though He has forgotten us or that He is dead or never even existed but HE IS ALIVE!!!
AND HE CARES!!!
One day, hopefully someday soon, He will judge! All of this that is happening is to bring GLORY TO GOD! He is a JUST God, a HOLY God, a MIGHTY and AWESOME God!
And it is time as believers in Christ that we step up to the task that we have been called and share the TRUTH with the World! My life has been changed because of what Christ did for me! He gave EVERYTHING for us! How can we not share this with these people! THEY NEED HIM! Christ humbled Himself and took our punishment, that we deserved! Because of His LOVE for us! The song mentions that "we are all a part of God's great big family" but this is not true. We are all CREATED by God and He loves us all more than we could ever possibly imagine, but until we accept the gift of salvation and we are "adopted" we are NOT part of His FAMILY, we are separated from Him by our sin. BUT...
God desires that "none should perish"!
I dont think I can say this enough, we need to share the TRUTH, they need to know the Love of God and the saving power of His grace! This song speaks one line of truth: "the truth, you know love is all we need" They NEED Jesus' love, but they also need to know that sin separates them from this! The Truth WILL set them Free! The TRUTH: Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead according to the Scriptures and "whoever BELIEVES in HIM will NOT perish but have EVERLASTING Life!!!!!" (John 3:16) I pray the "blinders" will be lifted from their eyes.
Christians, its time to STEP UP! People NEED Jesus!
"You're the light in this darkness
You're the hope to the hopeless
You're the peace to the restless...
...You're the strength in our weakness
You're the love to the broken
You're the joy in the sadness...
...For there is no one like our God
There is no one like You God."
(God of this City by Chris Tomlin)
