There’s a cold rain falling outside my window. Nothing quite wakes you up like a cold rain. This weekend I had the opportunity to journey to Pittsburgh for a weekend conference hosted by the CCO(Coalition for Christian Outreach). The conference is aptly named Jubilee.
Jubilee offers a glimpse, a hint or a suggestion of the awakening that comes with knowing Christ, and presents the dangerous idea that everything matters to God. Jubilee was more fun than a barrel of monkeys, but it’s all too possible that a great experience becomes simply a good time and a bunch of noise, if it doesn’t affect my day to day.
Conferences, mission trips, and retreats can offer experiences that build/ create new perspectives. At Jubilee, I started to see that so much of life is not what we do, but how we do it. Jesus did plenty of stuff was that flat out miraculous, and part of those miracles was His heart behind them. (Matthew 14:14, 1 Corinthians 13)
To be transformed by Christ is to be more and more in tune with Him. I think God is tired of us asking Him “Why?” instead of “How”. And not ‘How’ the question,
Not: How are You going to do this?
Not: How could You let this happen?
But: How great You are! How wonderful! How merciful! How Just! How Compassionate!
His ‘How’s’ are what we need to get in tune with.
His ‘How’s’ are waiting to transform everything.
And as the cold rain falls here—on a world desperate for an awakening—I leave you with this thought.
How we respond to Christ is how we respond to the world.
