Primal, Next Couple of Chapters

These chapters challenged me to see the world for what it is, suffering without YHWH. But beyond being challenged to simply recognize this fact, I need to be motivated by this realization. I found Mark’s big question condemning, “Are you okay with this?” We can’t be filled with YHWH’s spirit and simply be ok. His heart breaks for this world’s suffering, and so should ours. I am ashamed of how many opportunities I pass by everyday, and I am on a Christian College campus. Imagine all the opportunities to act on outside of that realm. Mark offered several examples of people that experienced a ‘sympathy breakthrough’ that began with one simple need being met and resulted in movements that have touched numerous nations and countless lives. All this because someone was not okay with an unmet need.

I appreciated Mark’s examples of great givers, as opposed to great tithers. Too many times we get caught up in our circumstances that we loose sight of what’s important. Perhaps we tithe and feel pretty good about that. But we are called to do so much more that offer 10%. Again, our circumstances dictate our faithfulness and our goal becomes that 10 %. So what does it look like if our faithfulness were to dictate our circumstances?

To often our goal is to impact the world. These are grandiose plans and difficult to embark on. This is where most folks would get hung up and never move forward. The task seems so great; clearly we can not do it all, so why try? That lie snags so many people, me included. Mark’s response is simple, “Don’t let what you can not do keep you from doing what you can.”

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