Why?

Thanks to the work of a few committed workers, everyday people are turning their backs on materialism, choosing to follow Christ instead of money. They are leaving behind their consumer patterns of only satisfying their personal wants, choosing instead to become contributors to society and to the needs of others. While the rest of the world uses people to help themselves get more stuff, these newly freed individuals use stuff to help people.

This is a big part of why God made me.

In Luke 16 Jesus tells a story about a man who was about to be fired from his job. Recognizing the need to prepare for the future, the man begins to trade his master’s goods for influence and friendship with some of his master’s clients. He recognized that he had a little time, and a little opportunity to turn what was temporary (his authority of his position) into that which would last longer. And so trade he did. The same thing is true for us as well…we have a little bit of time on this earth, we have access to a little bit of money and possessions, and each of us has a decision to make: will we pour our lives into things that are temporal, or will we trade what is temporary and quickly fading away, for the eternal.

Because every moment brings with it an opportunity to trade what is temporal for what is eternal.

How do we convince people to do just that? Let’s figure it out.

-Matt