I'd be lying to you if I told you I didn't want to be a hero. I want to change the world. I want to wake up the sleepers to join the cause. I want to right the injustices. Yet, I know better.
I think of David (the psalmist). He's king, and yet he can't change the world. He still screams out to God to right the injustices he sees. Obviously, some of his psalms were written before he sat on the throne, but he had still been anointed. He knows better. He's crying out to the one who can truly change the world.
I'm not saying we can't physically do things that move our world to a better place. I'm just saying that if it's our idea and our own motivation it will fail. God is good at that; making sure he receives the glory he is justly due. It's a good thing, for us, that we can't change the world. We already mess it up enough. Only God can redeem this world and he has already put that in motion. It's done and is coming to fruition.
I'm saying we've got a few things required of us when we are made aware of these injustices.
1. Crying out. Throughout biblical history this is the number one way injustices are righted.
2. Be changed. We, too often, try to change others/the world when God is trying to change us.
3. Be an instrument. I know I said we can't change the world, but God can through us. Each person willing to be used by God changes the world. Usually only a little at a time and in imperceivable amounts. This is why the kingdom is here...... and coming.
