The Revolution Starts With You
It is all too easy to push off changing the world to things that “society,” “the future,” or even worse, “the government” ought to do.
You may have noticed we don’t talk a lot here on Eternal Revolution about current politics, if at all. Most of us can’t affect the power plays of the ruling class other than with our votes and the occasional participation in notification campaigns.
Leaving change to something society must do is lazy and cowardly. It reduces your requirement to change things in your life, in your world, and in your sphere of influence. The Eternal Revolution, like the Kingdom it is restoring, exists in its smallest, most nuclear form within you and your family.
Jesus did not call society to change. Rather, he said specifically that men’s hearts must change first. When teaching socio-economics, his command was “Go and sell what you have and give the money to the poor.” It was a a personal call to action, not a suggestion to join a political action committee.
Many of us would rather cut off a hand than quit a job, for instance. Even a morally questionable job, even though we are told to sever the ties that lead us to sin – even if it be a hand or an eye. Most of us fear criticism of our fellow man than doing the right thing.
One relevant example is this young woman’s valedictorian speech. Of course she’s nervous. What Seth Godin refers to as the “lizard brain,” her sense of self-preservation, is fighting the idea of criticizing the educational system that is honoring her. Perhaps she is biting the had that fed her (even if it was junk food), but she saw that something had to be done, and she did it despite her fear.
Somehow I think the staff sitting behind her are wishing their deviant valedictorian would have just been one of those to flash the audience.
Most of the changes we need to make are not this drastic. Looking to your personal economy. Look first to care for those who you have a divine charge to take care of – your children, your family, your neighbor. The revolution starts there. Don’t skip ahead.
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Smith is a writer with Eternal Revolution. He can be found on Twitter at twitter.com/Pray4Revolution and can be reached by email at [email protected] You can find Smith & Wayne on Facebook as well.
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wow, with kids like this out there, I think we have a chance of being okay….