living in the world

living in the world is tough-sometimes i think we should find some camel skins, move to dartmoor and eat any insects we can find...

but i'm not sure that would really work...

But does following Jesus actually have an impact on the way we live our lives?

I've realised over the last couple of weeks, that we are all conected. Every desicion i make, action i take has an impact....for instance-the conection between burger king meat and amazon rainforest destruction...i'd never even considered what impact the meat I ate had! but this must empower us and not fill us with despair! every action we take can also have a positive impact...

and yet we continue to live in a system, which by its very construction, makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. We work a system that at it's head is corrupted and drunk on power-but we don't seem to be bothered because it works out quite nicely for us thank you very much. Or we feel completely powerless to make a difference...

In geopolitics there is the idea of nation and state.

state is a territory, an economy, a mass of people and a government.

nation is a group of people who share a common culture

politicians long after a 'nation-state'....but where the two clash you usually find wars (think of palestine-israel).

i think this idea speaks powerfully into what it means to be a christian:


in the world but not of the world - paul


i do not believe we are ALL called to go and live in the desert/dartmoor or jump across continents to africa, but we must with every fibre denounce the STATE which causes such oppression and injustice (the system i spoke of earlier)-how can we do this?

by uniting as a NATION of followers-united by the death and ressurection of Jesus Christ, which crosses all borders, all tongues and all race. Which rises above all economies, governments and terriories.

we must open our eyes to the state and unite with our brothers and sisters in Christ across the world as the NATION of God.




for further thinking, read collosians 1 and john 17 for the awesomeness of Christ and the power of unity.