There are so many great things to
say about Sunday’s service at Chain Reaction. But what has stuck with
me throughout the week from the message was that about service
-specifically, service to the poor and broken-hearted.
Pastor
Kyle interviewed with a young guy, named
Conner Cress, who founded an organization called Dry Tears while he was a
teen in high school. (Yes, you read correctly, a kid founded an
organization while in high school).
This organization is committed
to building clean water wells in Africa, in an effort to combat the
huge socioeconomic issues that exist in the poverty-ridden continent.
Quite honestly, while Kyle gave a complimentary message about service
following the interview, all I could concentrate on throughout the rest
of the time in Church was the idea that God had used this one young man
to do something so outstanding for under-privileged people.
During
his message, Kyle examined a story in Luke Ch. 4, where Jesus delivers a message of hope to the broken-hearted and poor people of
the city. Jesus made it a point to stress that he wasn’t there to bring
salvation the selfish, the greedy or the boastful. Rather, He was there
to save those without a voice. What a feat!
And
yet, Jesus’s mission is not over. The Conner Cress of Dry Tears
proved that (just like Jesus), he is using the tools he has to help
“save” the poor and the broken-hearted. And he is just a young kid with
a heart for helping others, and a mind set on changing the
circumstances of the needy.
I
can’t help but wonder: Isn’t that all of our purposes then, as
Christians? As people? To be champions for the broken and the deprived.
Mathew 5:3 says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them…”
Jesus
is for the poor and broken-hearted, that much is clear. Kyle hit it
right on the nose concerning Jesus, saying simply, “I’m your guy.”
I
want to be an extension of Jesus as best I can. Maybe in committing
ourselves to serving others, we’re meant to be someone else’s guy (or
girl) too…
For more information about Dry Tears, please visit www.drytears.org.