We continued our Elephant in the Church series with The Suffering Elephant. Brilliant trailer. Amazing message. And to top it off, we had the Robbie Seay Band lead worship at our Union Station location. Great music. Great cause. Part their tour is introducing people to Compassion International. Sort of like our coffeehouse–coffee with a cause. Their tour is music with a cause.
So cool to see people sponsoring kids on the way out. Felt like it gave us a way to continue worshiping God after the service. During worship I felt like the Holy Spirit really convicted me: do you think I’d rather hear you sing songs or help these kids? What is worship? It’s got to be more than singing songs.
For what it’s worth, part of the way we alleviate our suffering is by alleviating the suffering of others! We can talk at a metaphysical level about suffering until Jesus returns. And we need to wrestle with it. That’s what this series is about. But we need to be the solution!
So here’s a question: do you spend more on your TV package than you give to missions? Can I come right out and say it. That’s wrong! No excuses. We are selfish, materialistic hedonists AKA western Christians. And we need some good old-fashioned Holy Spirit conviction. Then we need to turn that conviction into action.
