It would be an understatement to say that the world is changing. The recent election in United States is called the Revolution, the fifth “pivot point” in American History, former pivotal years being 1800, 1860, 1932, 1980. With welcoming to the office the first Afro-American in 232 years of presidency the change is evident! Even the Republican party is ready for change, projecting Piyush "Bobby" Jindal, a 37 years old Punjabi Indian American, governor of Louisiana into party leadership. The youngest of baby-boomer generation, and a GenXer are in leadership! Wow! Political pundits were observing that for the first time the youth rallied, paid attention, came out to make a difference. I wonder what would it take for the church youth to come out too, and make a difference.
London Free Press run an article on Thursday entitled “Technology + Obama = a whole new world.” It is another understatement à technology determines the new world today. Do we pay attention to the technology available to us in church to do our mission?
If you’ve missed the prayer meetings this week, I want to let you know you’ve been prayed for. Every night faithful gathered at our churches praying, reading, speaking about signs we see in the world around us, pointing out to the soon Coming of our Lord Jesus. Predictably many a conversations circled around our duty to fulfil the commission of preaching the Gospel. Tuesday night a discussion was focusing on globalization, and the technology that is available to us to really take the Gospel into every family. With internet media being present in every home, are we using it sufficiently to communicate?
There are many factors contributing to Obama’s election. The media of internet has been one of them. The infamous “Obama girl” scored more than 10 million hits with her video clip in support of change. Are we ready for change in our church, recognizing that the youth had been quietly slipping away for two decades, are we opening the opportunities, and allowing the good change to take place?
One newspaper put it this way “Without the black church, there would be no civil rights movement. Without the civil rights movement, there would be no Barack Obama. And to a large degree, it was in the black church that Obama found his own purpose.” The role of church in shaping society should not be ignored. My dear church, are we shaping community around us? Are we making a difference in lives of our youth? Are we fulfilling our purpose in shaping moral and worldviews of the next generation?
Remember our Master Plan has not changed. God’s way of changing the world always begins with enlisting men and women, boys and girls, to follow Christ, and then mentoring them, to become witnesses, to give themselves into serving needs of those they love and care for, in the Name of Jesus.
Even though we in Canada had no say in the American election, I am sure many we saying on the inside “It is change we want.” Are you ready for change? Will you carry on your passion for positive change into spiritual realm? Will you support the positive change for the Gospel Mission?
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