So lately I've been really focused on music. Music has always been a huge part of my life and a way for me to cope with every day struggles. I used to listen to the usual angry teen or sappy love song music but now I'm finding that every coping skill we need can be found in the lyrics of christian music.
People keep asking me why I feel like I need to go on this trip. They're like "Just what are you trying to prove?" At first, when I was asked this question it made me furious. What am I trying to prove? Really? Then I listened to that song If We Are The Body by the Casting Crowns and it has really helped me cope with people's questions that I just flat don't understand. If you haven't heard it in a while the main lyric I'm talking about is:
But if we are the body
Why aren't His arms reaching?
Why aren't His hands healing?
Why aren't His words teaching?
And if we are the body
Why aren't His feet going?
Why is His love not showing them there is a way?
There is a way
I was asked this question again over the Thanksgiving holiday (which was awesome) and my new response is "what are you trying to prove by staying here?"
We aren't supposed to be comfortable in this world. It's not home. In John 17:16 John says "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." The world is crazy y'all and nothing like I expect heaven to be, so as Christians we aren't supposed to be comfortable here. What takes us out of our comfort zone more than picking up our lives and leaving our families to teach others about the one true God whose unfailing love has saved us from eternal damnation?
So my question to those that wanna know why I think I "have" to go on this trip is, Why do you feel you have to stay here? If we are the body His hands should be healing, arms reaching, and feet going!
I'm not saying God calls everyone over seas, but think about it honestly, what is holding you back from just dropping everything and giving you're time up to God? When I asked myself that question I found most of the things that were hindering my relationship with him.
