Every Person Matters To God
Last week I received my Summer 2010 Compassion Magazine and was deeply moved by a statement made by Wess Stafford, the President of Compassion International. He was sharing his response to the horrific earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12th which shook the country for just 38 seconds and left over 220,000 dead, 300,000 people injured and over 1.3 million people displaced from their homes.
Compassion International had over 65,000 children in Haiti and 21,595 in the earthquake affected areas. Upon hearing of the disaster, Wess pulled his staff together and informed the team that they would be heading off to Haiti, setting up a ‘tent office’ and begin the painstaking process of locating everyone of their children. They organized themselves to hike into crumpled neighborhoods, day and night, house by house in hopes of finding every child.
When asked, “Why so much effort and energy?” He responded, “Every child matter and every effort will be made to to and help each one.”
WOW! That statement left me deeply convicted and caused me to stop, pause and ask myself the hard question, “What about you, Marc? Do people really matter that much to you? What sacrifice are you willing to make to reach out and touch the lives of those entrusted to your care?”
As an Executive Pastor at a church of over 6,000 people, I had to come to grips with the reality that there is room for some improvement in reaching out and caring for all those who call City Bible Church their home. We have always proclaimed, “Every person matters to God, therefore they matter to us.” Although that statement sounds good from the platform, are we really passionate about touching every ONE? Be assured, that this pastor made some heart adjustments and have made a fresh commitment to go the extra mile to love and care for every ONE God places in my path.
How about you? Have you lost the passion for the ONE? If people truly matter to God, do they matter to you? Who have you reach out and touched today? What changes will you make in order to be useful to God? Why not make it your aim today to allow God to use you to make a difference. You won’t be disappointed.
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