Upsetting

I'm getting pumped for camp!!! And I know that writing this will waste some time even though I should be writing a few letters...which would be more productive and probably take up the same amount of time.

I just wanted to share something that I heard tonight and a few other ways God's been working. It was a verse, and whenever I hear it, I get so excited. Pretty much Paul and Silas are on a missionary journey, and word has gotten ahead of them. This is what the people had to say: "'The men who have upset the world have come here also.'" (Acts 17:6)

I won't lie. I'm ready to upset this world. I came home after my friend's graduation service (Congratulations btw!) and a song was on my iTunes. It's called "World's Apart" by Jars of Clay. Google it and just listen to the words.

There's a part that really got me: "To love You, take my worlds apart. To need You, I am on my knees."

How many times do we get down on our knees and actually cry out to God, saying, "I need You! Take this world that I know and completely take it apart. Disturb it. Upset it. Make everything about You and not what I selfishly think it should be."

I was listening to Francis Chan's podcast. He did a series back in 2007, entitled "I'm in Love." I'm gonna paraphrase: "The church doesn't need a 10-year plan for growth. It needs people on their knees in prayer to an almighty God."

We pray for those outside of the church, but do we pray for the church? Maybe, the first place that needs to be upset is not those on the outside, but the very inside. Maybe we need to put aside our traditions and become the Church. Not go to church, an organization...but be the Church, a living Body - the hands and feet of God, serving others.

Maybe that's how we'll disturb the rest of the world...by living out Christ's example instead of talking about it.