Don't Wait For The World To Change

In us the world will see the promise of Christ, the beauty of today, and the hope for tomorrow. If they never hear our doctrines, never come to our meetings or subscribe to our unique philosophies, they must see Him.

As you look at different governmental structures you might notice that many of the strong handed regimes of the world employ a very simple yet aggressive means to control the populace, bigger than life images of their leader everywhere you go. From Stalin to Hitler to Hussein, these men kept a strong presence amongst their people to keep them intimidated.

God didn’t give us a picture of Himself. He could have easily made a rendering of Himself on a third tablet and handed it to Moses. He could have drawn a picture of Himself on the wall when He wrote that mene mene thing. There are all kinds of places that He could have posted a big picture of Himself to keep us on our guard. Yet, He didn’t do that, have you ever wondered why?

In fact, He gave explicit instructions not to make any graven (carved or sculptured) images of any god or pseudo-god. He didn’t want a fierce or condescending image of Himself plastered on every wall of downtown Jerusalem or New York City or Wickett, Texas. Instead He did what He does best. He created avenues of beauty to whisper or even shout His presence to the world.

To make it all complete though, He created His church, men and women over time that have individually been the threads in the tapestry that illustrates the image of God. When the world sees the church, they see the reflection of His light. The Church is a luminary, while He is an illuminary. We hold and reflect light, He emanates it. Without Him the Church has no ability to change the world around it.

John Mayer produced a song on his latest project “Continuum” called “Waiting For The World To Change.”

Waiting On The World To Change Video - John Mayer lyrics

John Mayer Music Video Codes

It’s a beautifully sad anthem of where we are as a society. We all have this innate desire to see the world be something beautiful, but if we wait for all of the conditions to become just right, we’ll never see it come to pass. So, my challenge to you in this final blog is for you to use every ounce of talent or creativity that you have to express the image of God in the world today. Don’t wait for the world to change, change it.

Thank you for reading my blogs. I will continue to write blogs at my website ArmandoHeredia.com. If you would like to receive notification of when I post (it probably won’t be everyday like I’ve been doing this month) please let me know by emailing me. Don’t forget to post something beautiful to this blog. Click here to send the email. Just put your email list in the blind carbon copy (bcc) section and sign your name at the bottom. Click on the comment section below to post your response. The world will see the beautiful self portrait of God through your responses.

God bless you and keep you passionate for His kingdom.

-Armando Heredia

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