Lordship 1

Did you happen to catch that last Saturday was Earth Day? If you missed it you must live in a cave with no access to any form of media or human contact. Earth Day has never been talked about more than this year. Maybe we have Al Gore to thank, or maybe the media had nothing else to talk about, or maybe it's because God is trying to get our attention. We know the media has plenty to talk about and while Al Gore is doing some great things with his work to bring awareness to Global Warming, I think we need to look seriously at the thought of what God maybe trying to say here. Have you looked at some of the changes and problems our climate is facing? Do they bother you? Is it another ploy by media to cause fear in the mind of americans? Is this crisis something left for the liberals to care about? Do you think God cares about any of this? While I can't say that I am the the best at recycling or saving water, I can say that my attention has been caught to the realities of what is happening in our world and I'm left wondering what Lordship and global care have to do with me. As a church we've been talking about Lordship and the various things like money, family and time that God has given to us to care for. It's true that our stuff is a gift from God and that we must be very careful in how we use it and value it. The same goes with our relationships and the time we have here to live. But what about the earth? Could there be a greater gift than the world in which we live and breathe? For many, many years the western church has promoted a gospel that saves us from living in this world, so go ahead and live how you like because Heaven awaits. Times are changing now as christians are seeing that our salvation is a rescue. It's a rescue from one way of living and an entering into a new, Jesus way of living. This new life he gives us means we have divine resposibilites to care for this world and God's creation. Now, how far you want to take that is really up to you. Does it mean christ followers no longer drive SUV's? Do we transfer our home energy to solar power? Do we dedicate time and money to different global causes? Do you simply brush your teeth without using water? I don't know how much God wants from us, but I do know that God wants his people and church to be aware that there is a problem with his creation and he wants us to be open to him and how he would want to use each of us to protect what he has created for us to enjoy. Caring for our earth isn't a liberal thing, and it's not a hippie thing...it's a love thing. May we learn more and more to love God by loving others and the world in which these "others" live in!

Peace and Love.

Rex