Wake Up!

If you do anything, please at least watch this video and wake up to what God is doing in the world!



Often, I find myself caught up in my own little world. With class on Mondays and Wednesdays, work on Thursdays and Fridays, business project after business project, weekly Cornerstone obligations, and all the other stuff I do in my free time, I find myself in a bubble. I don't take time to look outside of my bubble and to see what God is doing in the world. I'm really ignorant when it comes to the world and the movement of Christ. But I'm definitely not alone in this ignorance.

I think this ignorance plagues almost all Christians in America. How many believers do you know who talk about Christ's work in other countries and around the globe? For that matter, how many Christians do you know who talk about Christ's work here? I think Christians with a heart for the world are few and far between. I want this to change! I challenge us to embrace the world and to embrace missions to the dying 2 BILLION unreached people!

At the Advance 09 Conference, Piper said God made our hearts to embrace the nations and to live missionally. He compared our souls being designed for missions to our legs being designed for walking. Obviously, if you don't walk, your legs will grow weak. In the same way, our souls grow weak when we don't embrace missions. I believe all the TV, movies, music, video games, and other entertainment we try to fill our soul up with has made us numb. Numb to the glorious extent of the Gospel. Our souls are sick and weak because we don't take up the infinitely large purpose for God-centered missional living.



I pray we will wake up to God's global movement for His glory and repent of our self-centered attempts at satisfying the longings of our soul. Wake up and live for Him!

In Him,

Mark