Oh, what a time to be used by the Lord, eh?

I mean, the earth is groaning in every way for His presence to be completely manifested... for the return of Jesus when all will be made perfect.

We are all familiar with the recent years of devastation that has wrung Haiti into bitter tatters. (You can read more on the 'Adventures' tab about Haiti's importance to me right now.) All over the world we see it though. We see one hurricane do a disastrous things to a multitude of cities and homes. It blows my mind. It challenges me. If a hurricane can cause this much pain so quickly, how much hope am I bringing to counteract its power?

I think the easiest thing for us to do when we see huge problems in the world is to curl up and fetal position our hearts, cradle our minds into believing that good thoughts are the only way to go.

But seriously?

Let's agree to stop seeing ourselves as small.

Let's just do that right now.

We have entered into this manufactured idealism that says we can't create change.

And yeah, change is not easy to create... but it is easy to set in motion.

I think it has a lot to do with seeing our lack-of. We see the support we don't have or the public speaking we're not good at or the money that isn't in our bank or the knowledge that isn't in our minds. And yeah, that's real stuff. It's real to not be able to fly across the country to be involved with a relief effort, but you within yourself know what is possible for you.

God explicitly says that we can do all things through Him. And I understand what it is like to not know where to start doing. But that is where we need Him. Like daily bread we need to crave His voice. We need to long to hear what He has to say to us. From Him, we find our beginning, we find where we should start. Don't overwhelm yourself and worry about the end. When we hear Him and move accordingly, we stimulate change. And I believe, that's all He is asking of us.

& also...

You and I are not required to do everything. We are not supposed to fulfill all of the need or fill all of the gaps.

I've caught myself in a tizzy trying to carry all of the weight of change. And man, have I heard the Lord tell me over and over Daughter, I didn't ask you to carry all of this.
My go-to frame of mind is almost always, see a need, and do what you have to do to not see anymore needs. (I believe it comes with being an INFJ) But even though my personality incorporates this thought process, it does not mean I can excuse myself from doing only what the Lord has called me to do and resting when other things are still required.

By trying to take on other "opportunities", I am taking away from what God desires to do through someone else. And that's just not cool fam.

So it's either:

We see ourselves too small and too frail to bring change.
We try to overload ourselves and complete tasks that are not required of us.

All of this comes down to knowing our Father's voice. Don't be afraid to lean in and listen. Being an agent of change is not as scary as you think. And letting go of what you feel you are in control of, is letting God be God.