It's your turn to shine...Initiative, pride, and leadership.

"Arise, Shine"--Isaiah 60:1

"Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you."--Isaiah 60:1.  This passage talks about how darkness will come but the man (or woman) of God will shine in the midst of darkness. There is going to come a time when people are going to be relying on the Christian to take the initiative.  There is going to come a time when God will want you and me to take the initiative when no one else will.  What will we do?

It's your turn to shine.  There is going to be times in our lives when people are going to be looking to you and to me to get the job done.  The job isn't easy.  The job is going to require leadership on your part. For example, right now I have been assigned as Student Campaign director for an upcoming campaign trip to Guatemala.  This is requiring me to make sure the logistics of the trip go smoothly and making sure the job we need to do for the Lord down there gets done.

Much of the reason we as Christians choose not to do something for the Lord is because it is not easy, it makes us uncomfortable or because it requires sacrifice.  Sacrifice of pride, time, or energy.  Pride is the biggest hurdle to get over when it comes to initiative.  The task may not be the most comfortable but it must be done.  Doing the Lord's work sometimes means going into the rundown parts of town or to a place where the living conditions are less than ideal.  Doing the Lord's work sometimes means, as my friend and brother in Christ Tony Johnson put it, touching the untouchable.

Tears well up in my eyes just writing this because it breaks my heart to know there are brothers and sisters in Christ out there who refuse to take the initiative to speak to someone who the rest of the world sees as lowly and inferior.  Have we forgotten these are the very people our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ went to? He healed lepers, those who society deemed "untouchable".  Christ did this and we can't even swallow our pride to speak to, let alone touch the homeless man we see every Sunday on our way to church services?   Reader, it's your turn to shine, what will you do with the task that is before you? ARISE, SHINE! PRAY ABOUT IT! LOVE Y'ALL GOD BLESS!