Here Am I, Lord

I watched this video this past weekend with 700 other Young Life leaders and committee members, who, at the video's end, felt a collective sense of urgency and empowerment to do something - anything - to help end injustice worldwide. For Young Life leaders, that is among high school students, in whom we hope to surmount general apathy and lives lived by pop culture's example, and to spread the hope of Jesus and the peace of the Holy Spirit. For me next year in the Czech Republic, the challenge will be related, now simply taken up in a land dominated by secularism and distrust of religion and the idea of a God. For so many others, the tasks are endlessly different: offering aid, feeding the hungry, healing the sick, empowering the poor, etc.



Matthew 9:35-38 (NLT)
"35 Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. 38 So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.” [emphasis added].

Jesus is in charge of the harvest. It is not up to us! We can, however, be used by Him as compassionate, loving, persistent tools of this holistic evangelism.