ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHING
February 9, 2021
Guest Writer: Rev. Mariah Newell
Scripture: James 1:22
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. (NIV)
Thought for the Day: I was watching Kid President’s video “How to Change the World” last week. The video is linked below and I encourage you to take the time to watch it (only two and a half minutes). But, Kid President talks about all the ‘ideas’ we use to try and change the world. He says we…
1. Complain about it
2. Think we need lots of money
3. Be loud and yell at people to do what we want
4. Make fun of everything
5. Leave it up to smart people
6. Ignore everything
7. Need to be famous
8. Need to be powerful
However, his idea of how change actually happens is when “one person filled with love and they have to live it out” and then that spreads. He also says, “it’s cooler to make stuff.”
I thought of Kid President while reading this passage from James. We are called to ‘MAKE STUFF’ or as James would put it ‘Doing what the word says’ not pass the responsibility on to someone else or until we have fame, power, or money.
So, I pray each and every one of us can do something the Word – Jesus Christ – told us to do today. I pray that we can brave enough to MAKE what we want to see in the world.
Prayer: God, you are bold. Grant us your boldness, your bravery, to be vulnerable enough to make something. Give us the courage to make something we have a heart for, that we see will share your love, your justice, and your grace with our friends, family, and community. It is in Jesus Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
