If you were able to attend the worship services at North Way this weekend, then you heard a powerful message from pastor Kent about our collective calling as Christians to care for under-resourced people in our society. If you have not heard the message, you should check it out at www.northway.org.
Pastor Kent touched on a theme that is very important to Christianity. We should all be on mission. When God restores us, he gives us a hope for a future. Our lives should become different. Also, the mission that we receive from God often comes out of brokenness. In other words, if you think you have it all together and life seems to being going pretty well for you, then you may have a hard time discerning the calling that God has for you. Our mission to care for others often comes to us when we are humbled, as was Peter in the example that Pastor Kent gave in his message.
One final thing: There is a difference between compassion and justice. Although it is nice to do something for somebody in need, it is more transformational when you empower someone to act or when you free a person or group of people from systematic opression (whether it is political, economic, or any other system). All of that to say... please remember that Christians are called to act compassionately and also powerfully on issues of injustice.
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