First Blog of the Year

In the 2006 movie, “Superman Returns,” Superman goes to Lois Lane, a reporter, for an interview. After answering a few questions, he asks her to take a quick flight with him. Complying, he takes her to the top of the sky, high above the city, then tells her to listen. After listening, he asks her, “What do you hear?” To which she replies, “Nothing.” Then he says, “I can hear everything. You wrote that the world doesn’t need a savior, but every day, I hear people crying for one.” 

Although this is only a movie, the message it conveys holds. We live in a broken world. People are hurting. Crying out for help and rescue from a savior, but they don’t know who their Savior is. 

As Believers in the Christ Jesus, it is our responsibility and mission – our command, to show and share the truth in the One and Only True and Living God. For far too long, we as “Christians” have been doing a poor job. We condemn instead of love. We lie, cheat, and steal. We live a life of hypocrisy. Through our judgment and our pride, we show and introduce the world to an ugly God. A hateful, a divisive God. Through our manipulation of His word, our hardened hearts, and our own brokenness, we push people far away from Christ. 

Why would anybody want anything to do with this God? We do an excellent job in proving this to the world, our cities, our communities, our families…that this God sucks. He’s hateful, bad, and the enemy. We do an excellent job of advancing the agenda of our actual enemy. 

As Believers, we are the salt of the world — called to be a light in the darkness. (Matthew 5:13-16) We should wear the cross on our hearts, instead of a shining piece of mineral around our necks and bumpers of our cars. 

I believe it is time for a correction. A mind renewal. A time for change. It is time.

We have forgotten or abandoned our command to love our brothers and our sisters as they were ourselves. Love them intensely, passionately, with grace and mercy. Looking past their sins and focusing only on their heart. It is not our job to judge them, especially through the lens of a believer. Why should we? They don’t know the truth or understand the weight or consequences of such things. Our job is to love them. Not with just our words, but our actions driven by our faith. Only then will we begin to turn the tide of this war.