Engaging the World

(Disclaimer: This is a new discipline for me, and I do not want to get bogged down by worrying about my grammar mistakes and poor spelling. Please bear with me, and eventually, I’ll get the editing straightened out. )

Not long ago I received some disturbing news from a friend. The kind of news that stops you cold and makes you ask, “What in the world is going on?” After my initial shock, I felt saddened and confused. Things are not the way they are supposed to be.

Just a few years ago, I would have filed my questions and my comments in a nice neat little box and stored them away deep with in my soul. It didn’t matter what event. My response to life: Keep it inside. Lay low. After all, I was invisible. I had no voice.

But, not this time. Now, I hear another voice that tells me I am made to embrace life and to engage people. Not to rush in and fix as though I have the answers, but to be present and available, a useful instrument in the hands of God. The work He has done in me, He has done for the sake of others.

Experience tells me that God’s hand works in this situation. He is on the move for His glory and for the good of His people. I do not know His intentions, how things will turn out, but He has invited me into the arena. I have no cause to hide, no reason to run away. I text. I call. I invite myself for coffee. Who knows what God will do. I must choose to offer myself, to God and to others. His Spirit lives within me (Ro 8:9). He works in me to will and to act according to His good pleasure(Php 2:13), to accomplish the works which He has prepared in advance for me (Eph 2:10)