Change We Need And How To Get It

"When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus." -- Acts 4:13

I make no bones about my politics. I am pro-life, pro-second amendment, conservative by most counts and believe in lower taxes. However, I do not believe for one minute we will ever change the world through the ballot box. Politics and government are important but they are not the means by which God changes a nation. A nation is changed when individuals begin to experience "life change" through Jesus Christ. There is a process by which this "national transformation" happens: As individuals change families changes and as families change churches change and as churches change communities change and as communities change states change and as states change nations change and as nations change the world changes. But all of this change happens through Jesus Christ. No man is ever truly changed apart from Jesus Christ.

Two of Jesus' disciples, Peter and John, were once arrested and brought before the religious leaders of Jerusalem, the Sanhedrin. The two disciples were unlearned men, brought up as fishermen, neither were scholars. They had no "bona fides" save one, they had been with Jesus. Their mere association with Jesus had radically changed them and made them mighty, powerful and troublemakers in the eyes of the officials. The Sanhedrin knew Jerusalem was changing; the city was being turned upside down by the disciples of Jesus. The upheaval had begun in the lives of individuals like Peter and John. Once enough individuals began to experience "life change" through Christ a major change in the city was begun!

Do you want to see your city, nation and world change? Then pray and ask God to change you first! Start spending more time with Jesus and watch what He does as He changes you and the world in which you live everyday. It really is true...a fire starts with only a spark. YOU may be the very spark God uses to start a mighty revival fire for this nation! Believe!

James