On Friday night I talked to Jeff for an hour once again. I told him that I have no idea what I want to do with my life, and he suggested that Scripture has the answer. Huh? Scripture? I don't know any verse that says, "Brendan, I want you to do this..." We all read the same Bible, so we wouldn't we all pick the same career path. Just in the past day, I've been able to see what he meant.
This guy named J.R. Woodward, who pastors Kairos in Los Angeles, spoke at LT this week. He spoke about how Jesus came to earth not only to be the Savior of the world, but also to preach a message of social justice. For example, when he says in the Lord's Prayer, "thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven," he wants us as Christians to make earth like a foretaste, or to use a California term, a movie trailer of heaven. Jesus also said that he brings good news to the poor, as should we.
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 9:19 "Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible." Then in Acts 20:35 "In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" I think Scripture is pointing me to telling me to be a part of bringing heaven to earth by helping the poor or anyone who is underpriveleged. I wanted to do this through politics, but recently I've been trying to think of other ways. I may not have that answer for a little while, but I'm now halfway there at least .
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