Rebelution

Today I failed in my challenge for courage. Yesterday night I challenged my friends and myself to ask someone how we can pray for them and then tell them throughout the day we were praying for them.

I failed. It just seems so awkward because no one else is doing it.

That made me think of courage. It's never made in a comfortable position. It's either made when you put yourself in an awkward position or you are forced into that position.

The funny thing is courage is often found when no one else is courageous. Like in Bible today the whole class read a psalm in monotone. There was pressure right there. Since everyone else was doing it everyone did. Then came Mr. Tharp. That's right, he read the word of the Bible like it was the WORD OF THE BIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's right, what he started in awkardness he made the status queue.

That made me think of reaching out to others. No one does it. No one asks "How can I pray for you?" or "I'm praying for you today" because no one does it.

It irks me that this is the expectation of our generation. We do or do not not because of the expectation put upon us by someone, but because of the expectation we put on ourselves.

It's time we started a rebellion... a revolution against these low expectations.

So tomorrow I want to start this revolution. It's going to be awkward going around and saying "I want to pray for you" or "Can you please pray for me?" but just like Mr. Tharp, what starts with one person could influence many. That kind of courage can lead to the greatness talked about in chapel today. It's time we started acting like the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ was made for greatness. We were made for greatness.