Proactive: To be for doing. To want to do. To do in favor of.
Passivity is such a major issue in our sociecty. It is so much of who we are and we don't even know it. We are taught as children to let other people deal with their problems. Don't intrude on other people's business. Let people have their own opinions - even if they are wrong. And to some degree, these things are the only things that keep our society functioning. But it is easy to wonder where the meaning in these lessons gets lost.
It is not our business to be intrusive, but our responsibility as members of society to reach out to those who are blatantly hurting. Everyone does have a right to their opinion - no matter what it is - but letting ignorance pass does not bode well for a culture that is already becoming self-destructive.
It seems to me that we have forgotten how to care about the people around us. We walk down the streets and turn blind eyes to the ssues that plague so much of our culture. I can't afford to be this passive anymore. The more I ignore the pain of others, the more tolerable pain is. I become okay with not reaching out, with sitting right where I am and letting others exist in a world separately from me. But this is not how we are called to live.
We are called to be so restlessness in our faith that we cannot be happy with ourselves. We are meant to be so restless, that we need to move for Christ every day. So what if our natural need for movement and change is our Godliness? What if our contentment for life is exactly the opposite of what God calls for in our lives and our thoughts?
I guess, reader, that today I am just bouncing ideas off of you. Giving you some life questions to mull. I wish I could elaborate on these questions but I myself haven't entirely organized my thoughts yet...maybe I will save the rest of these thoughts for another day. Rain check.
God calls us to be restless in our faith. We should never settle for something that isn't perfect.
Playlist:
Solution - Hillsong United, 2 A.M. - Anna Nalick, I Know the Truth - Aida Soundtrack
