Broken World

One day while crying out to God, I asked Him to break my heart for what breaks His. Why on earth did I ask for that? Did you know that God is frequently heart broken. With everything that is going on in the world God has no choice but to be hurting. His creations that he so intricately created have taken His truth and traded it for a lie. We have decided that it was okay to indulge in sins that we should shun at every corner. We have decided that abortions are acceptable to end beautiful lives that God has created because 'now's not a good time for us'. It is okay to turn our back on other parts of the world such as Thailand that have to deal with sex slave trading and trafficking, after all it's not a real issue in our country. It is perfectly normal to walk past a homeless person on the street and not offer them some of our food or money that we have an excess of. We don't have to check on the orphans and the widows, after all..it's a hard-knock life. We act as though serving our brother or sister in need was a suggestion in the bible as opposed to a command. When a man speaks out publicly to praise Jesus Christ, we condemn him and tell him to be quiet because He may offend someone, but when the homosexual man comes out of the closet we pat him on the back and tell him that he is being courageous and we need more people like him in the world.  (For the record: the sin in question is not important, whether he was an adulterer, a porn addict or a liar...I love him, the person, the way Christ expects me to, I just want him to turn from his sin of choice.) We choose not to get on one accord in the entire body because of a man-made denominational system that has characteristics that should apply to every single person in Christ. God is simply heartbroken. I just want to encourage everyone to take some time and to cry out to God on behalf of our broken world. I know its easy to get caught up in our feeble little lives but we have got to remove ourselves so that Christ can be placed in the spotlight. We, the Church, have got to stop taking our reality in convenient doses. This world that we are supposed to saturate with the gospel is aching for our prayer and our touch..creation is groaning under our sin. The world needs an encounter with our Savior and we are obligated to do something about it. Your salvation is not just for you, it's for everyone else. Get over yourself and get on your knees.

-gracefully, Channing

2 Chronicles 7:14

English Standard Version (ESV)

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.