1 Thessalonians 1:3-5
It is clear to us, friends, that God not only loves you very much but also has put his hand on you for something special. When the Message we preached came to you, it wasn't just words. Something happened in you. The Holy Spirit put steel in your convictions.
We can all agree that bullying is bad, or sex trafficking is bad. I don't think anyone would refute any of those statements.
But are those convictions producing actions? We might get moved, or get a little angry, but does that stir us on to do something about it?
I think sometimes I put a barrier up... I don't want to feel to much. I don't want to know too much. Because doing that might just cost me something.
It's not ok that there are 27million- more slaves now than any other time in history. And that girls are deceived into travelling to other countries because they are promised jobs, and are subsequently trapped and forced to service men sexually.
It's not ok that teens are being bullied in school, and as a consequence commit suicide.
It's not ok that there are children in Africa (even now) who are being abducted and forced to become child soldiers, and are made into stone cold killing machines.
I want to be able to put steel in my convictions, Holy Spirit help me. Because it's not ok. It really isn't. We are the church. And if not us, then who? And if not now, then when?
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