This earth is and always has been an opportunity to become more like our Holy God (Who is Love). It was not supposed to be this complicated or dark but we all know what happened in Genesis 3 when man met snake.
In my life, I have realized that God lights a fire big enough to purify me but not big enough to burn me up (Malachi 3:1-4; 1 Corinthians 10:10-14) and you know why it doesn’t burn me up? Even though this world is not all as it should be, Christ came. He took the load of our sin (Isaiah 59:2) leaving us only with grace (Isaiah 53:1-3). So now, I can meet with God and that changes everything (John 14:17-18, 14:26).
Every war is an opportunity to make peace the way God would (Matt 5:9). Every homeless person is an opportunity to provide shelter the way God would (Isaiah 58:7). Every hungry person is an opportunity to feed the 4000-5000 like Jesus would (Mark 8:1-13; Matthew 14:10-21).
So don’t look at the world like some sort of glorious mistake. When we were planted here, we were given a divine call to be responsible for what happens here. Instead of waiting on God to come do what He’s already called us to do, why don’t we rise into our calling to affect the world for the better?
