What are we waiting for?

One of my favorite songs "What are you waiting for?" by Natalie Grant has been running through my head lately...

Sometimes I get that
overwhelming feeling
so sad the faces on TV
If I tried to make a difference
would it help anyway
But then I stop and to
myself I say.........

CHORUS:
So you wanna change the world
What are you waiting for
You say you're gonna start right now
What are you waiting for
It only takes one voice
So come on now and shout it out
Give a little more
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What are you waiting for

Sometimes I feel a little helpless
Seems like I can't do a thing
But anything Is possible
just you wait and see
Good things happen if you
just believe.........

CHORUS

Someday somehow
You're gonna take that step
Cause time is ticking away

Right here right now
Before it's too late
Gonna face tomorrow today

Going along with that, the sermon at the church I played at on Sunday, was also titled "What are we waiting for?". Needless to say it got my attention and sent me running home to write again (yea... this has been done since Sunday, just haven't had time to post).

So, keeping with my last two posts, what ARE we waiting for? We have so much going on around us, both good and bad, and we are taking many different approaches. Some are going out, torches in hand, doing everything they can to make changes. Others are sitting home, thinking things through and making a plan before they pull out their torch. Others may not be doing anything. This goes hand in hand with prayer. Those that are out already, torches in hand, are praying for guidance but they are not waiting for an answer, rather praying that God will change their direction if needed and continue to show them the way. Others, the ones still planning, may be praying for guidance on where to start and how to do it. Neither way is right or wrong, but God can only do so much without us actually acting.

The story that the minister told on Sunday is about a man and the lottery. Every night before the man went to bed, he would pray to God, "God, if you would only let me win the lottery, I will give all of the money to the church's building fund." This went on for months until one night, God came to the man in a dream. "Son, I believe you and know your heart is true, but help me out some and go buy a lottery ticket!"

This is the key point- we need to act so that God has something to work with! The hungry won't be fed until someone takes some food to them. Racism won't end until we ourselves put it to an end in our own lives. Religious persecution will continue until we make ourselves aware of it in all aspects and do something to stop it! We can create a domino effect if we will just get up and act. Once we do, others will see us and do something as well and it will keep spreading (like the State Farm Insurance commercial from a few years ago- one person smiled and it got spread around until it came full circle).

God can't act and speak through us until we begin acting and speaking! It isn't easy, but it needs to be done if we are ever going to get the world to come together. We can do it by breaking our chains and rewriting history (the figurative way- not through a new textbook!).

There is so much out there to do, but we continue to sit and wait. What are we waiting for?

One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed
a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.

Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”

The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean.
The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”

“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish?
You can’t make a difference!”

After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish,
and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said…”
I made a difference for that one.”