Sounds Too Good to be True?

                It seems God likes to catch my attention and spur my imagination in many ways.  This week I was following a car with bumper stickers, and found myself reading them as I waited at the light.  This car just had a few bumper stickers, it was not plastered like many cars I see driving around.  But on the driver’s side trunk lid it had a sticker that said this, “When you know better you do better” by Maya Angelou. 

                Wow, what a profound statement. It sounds so true, why would anybody do wrong if they knew better?  But although this simple to grasp quote sounds so true, it is really too good to be true.  In school, we were taught to “just say NO to drugs.”  Problem solved right? I think every child in America has heard this message, so we no longer have a drug problem! Yeah right!  The reality is that laws and rules cannot fix the brokenness people experience.

                In Romans 7, Paul wrestles with the opposite reality that often when we know right we desire to do exactly the opposite.  In many ways, this is the truth we see in our culture and in our lives.  We are powerless within ourselves to do right.  We only do right, Paul goes on to teach us, when we are ruled by the Spirit and this only happens when we give our lives to Christ.

                By serving with World Gospel outreach, I have had the opportunity to help them bring this reality to people.  I served on a medical brigade and we provided medical services for the people of Honduras.  This was great and we met really important needs, but it does not solve the problem.  That is why WGO has focused so much on Evangelism.  Each person receiving medical help also hears the Gospel message and WGO goes further by training Pastors in Discipleship, so they can follow up with the people who receive Christ.  And most important to me, WGO through Rancho Ebenezer is raising abandoned children in homes centered on Christ.

Because… “When you know Jesus, you do better.” ~Matt Nevala

 (You can stick that to your bumper!)

 

 

These twin girls are the latest addition to the Rancho Ebenezer family.  We get more excited everyday for our move and opportunity to serve these children!

 

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