My boys just started back to baseball, and they are loving being back in the game. My oldest said, “Mom, it was just so hard to sit and wait. I just wanted to be back on the field. I wanted to be back in the game.”
I think in some ways, we are all feeling that.
This time of quarantine and curfews is maybe ending, and it’s time to get back into the game. Jesus never called us to sit out but to be his hands and feet. That can be as simple or as complex as we make it, but I think it comes to just asking, “what is my next right step?” “What can I do in my home, in my neighborhood, or in my world that makes sense?” Maybe it is as simple as calling your neighbor, picking up trash around a park, praying for a needed group, or actually stepping up and taking charge. Now is the time to pray to see what it looks like to be on the move for Jesus.
There is a song by Matthew West called “Do Something” that my kids and I have loved for a long time. It seems very fitting to listen to it now, and you can click here to do that. I also put the lyrics below. Take a look at it and our posts over the past week for ideas as to how to get involved. Now is our chance to get into the game, or maybe step onto the field for the first time. You were made for it!
HLLF – Melissa
Do Something by Songwriter: Matthew West
Saw a world full of trouble now, thought
How’d we ever get so far down, and
How’s it ever gonna turn around
So I turned my eyes to Heaven
I thought, “God, why don’t You do something?”
People living in poverty
Children sold into slavery
The thought disgusted me
So, I shook my fist at Heaven
Said, “God, why don’t You do something?”
He said, “I did, yeah, I created you”
If not me and you
Right now, it’s time for us to do something, yeah
If not now, then when
Will we see an end
To all this pain
Oh, it’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something
How we are God’s hands and feet
But it’s easier to say than to be
Live like angels of apathy who tell ourselves
It’s alright, “somebody else will do something”
Well, I don’t know about you
But I’m sick and tired of life with no desire
I don’t want a flame, I want a fire and
I wanna be the one who stands up and says
“I’m gonna do something”
If not me and you
Right now, it’s time for us to do something, yes it is, come on
Will we see an end
To all this pain
Oh oh, it’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something
We are a city on a hill
We’re never gonna change the world
By standing still
No, we won’t stand still
No, we won’t stand still
No, we won’t stand still
No
If not me and you
Right now
It’s time for us to do something
If not now, then when
Will we see an end
To all this pain
It’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something
