YOU are someone, DO SOMETHING
One day I passed a guy on broke down on the road and thought to myself “someone should help him!” and immediately felt convicted and thought..”you ARE someone.”
It’s called the Bystander Effect - a social psychological phenomenon that refers to cases in which individuals do not offer any means of help to a victim when other people are present. The greater number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any of them will help. This is due to everyone believing that someone else will help and in turn, no one does. Just as in this world today with how much change we need. We all want change in this world, but we expect someone else to do it. Just as we get thrown off when someone does something amazing for us and in turn say “there are still good people in this world” or “there is still hope in humanity.” We should strive daily to be that hope and to be that change, but how many of us are willing to change our life for this change to happen?
We so easily pass by situations, moments, even people where we should do something, yet leave it up to others. We don’t even do this in harm, but in belief that someone else will take care of it.
Whether that is leaving it up to others to…
…help someone in need rather than us stepping up and serving
…change rather than us taking initiative to be the change
…lead us into becoming better people instead of taking initiative to lead ourselves
In other words, TAKE INITIATIVE!
When you have a moment you’re capable of helping someone, take it.
When you have a moment you’re able to love someone, take it.
When you have a moment you are able to BE the change, BE it.
We have to stop waiting on the world to change itself. It won’t happen.
Don’t put it on other people to be the change. You must be it first.
Just like going in church on Sunday…we can go in believing it is up to the pastor, the worship team, the staff, the volunteers etc to show others who God is and to show the love of God…but God doesn’t only work on Sundays and He doesn’t only work on and through the people working/serving at the church. You are someone just as they are and God can use you just as He uses them. Monday through Saturday is where the work is done, Sunday is when you get the assignment.
Also, too often our faith relies on our pastors relationship with God rather than our own. We expect the pastor to motivate us on Sunday, to teach us the scripture of the week, to fix our brokenness, etc etc. We lack taking initiative with our faith. God speaks to you too, not just the pastor of your church. You can read the Bible just as your pastor can and you can pray just as he can as well. We have to step up in owning our faith rather than borrowing the ones leading us. I bring this up because in this situation we do nothing and rely on others to change us. We can easily look at leaders as people who carry us on their back, when truly we need to take the steps ourselves walking by them. Leaders are not here to carry you, they are here to give you direction and teach you how to direct others.
(Back to the blog…)
YOU are someone, DO SOMETHING
YOU are worthy
YOU are chosen
YOU were created for this
YOU are capable
YOU ARE THE CHANGE
BUT
YOU must get up
YOU must get uncomfortable sometimes
YOU must not leave it up to someone else
YOU must take initiative
YOU must DO SOMETHING
God didn’t put a burden on your heart for no reason. He didn’t bring something that needed to change to your attention for no reason. There is purpose in what burdens you.
If we are all waiting on change, we will never become it.
If we all become change, we will begin to see it.
One day at a time!