Last Friday night my friend Tessa and I went to a Winter Jam concert at Freedom Hall. Winter Jam is a concert created by the band New Song at a cheap cost of $10. New Song gets a group of artist together to put on a good show for a low price so everyone has an opportunity to go. The lineup included Chris Sligh, Chris August, Sidewalk Prophets, KJ-52, New Song, RED, Kutless, Francesca Battistelli, David Crowder Band and Newboys. After the first couple acts it wasn’t just a show anymore it was true authentic worship. Freedom Hall holds 20,000 people and I am pretty sure there weren’t even enough seats for all the people who showed up. It was an unforgettable experience to be a room full of 20,000 people coming together to worship the Creator of the Universe as the one body, the Church. As I looked around I saw little kids dancing in the aisle and a room full of people with their hands raised in awe. I even saw the camera man with his hands stretched wide out in surrender to God. I thought to myself, “This is what it is all about.” In the middle of the concert a man named Tony Olsen spoke about what the Church is supposed to do, how we are supposed to be the hands and feet of Jesus no matter where we are. He talked about a revival and how we could change the world if we would just say “yes” to Jesus and “no” to the things of this world. There was cheering and a passion that filled the room. As the concert came to an end, Tony’s words stuck with me. Tessa and I talked about how awesome it would be if everyone stepped up. What if we loved the unlovable? What if we feed the hungry? What if we spent time with the elder who have no family left? What if instead of saying we are prolife, we actually do something about it and support adoption ministries? Then it hit me, who am I to say other people should step up if I don’t do it myself? I realized how many times I have heard sermons of what the Church could do. I remembered the times I really thought about how big the Church is and how if all these people are submitted to God’s will then why are there still people in the Church that do not have a warm house to go to at night or food to eat. God broke my heart and made me realize that the change could start with me. We can all sit around waiting for other people to step up but God showed me that He calls us to NOW! The devil loves to tell me that I am too young and I can’t make a difference for the Kingdom of God but I am going to prove him wrong! The time is now to make a change and actually be the Church that God calls us to be. A Church that is not a building but a body of believers who love people with their whole heart.
Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12
