We are the generation

People say that they get jobs and provide for themselves and contribute to the society so that their kids can have a better life than they did. That's the general argument for global warming; conserve now so that future generations can actually have an earth. We build schools, government buildings, laws, and programs all for the future.

But what about us?

If we only plan for the future, that's all we ever do. We never actually live. We're in a constant state of preparing. But what are we preparing for? If we teach our kids to constantly plan, and they teach their kids, and they teach their kids, no one will ever get to embrace the present. We'll be planning for generations who will never seize what they have.

So I say take Psalm 46:10 very seriously. "Be still and know that I am God."

After standing on a street corner in a city of nearly 19 million people who are moving at a thousand miles an hour, I realized that what these people (and me) need is peace. We need to be still. We need to be still and know that everything is going to work out just as God planned it. Not to be confused with how we plan it. Life will not, I assure you, always go your way. But it will go His way. He is the master storyteller who writes the everlasting tale.

What if we're the generation who says "Enough is enough!" and starts to make the world better for our children by making it better for ourselves? What if the lunch I gave a man was the energy he needed to go find a job? And what if the job that this man got provided him with money for him to find a place to live? What if this man meets a woman in his new apartment complex? What if they get married? What if they have kids? What if he implores his kids to be aggressive and strong and go for their dreams like he didn't? Isn't that changing our generation and our children's generation?

Different scenario: What if, by 86:12 performing in Union Square, we gave someone the confirmation they needed that there is a God and this person became involved in a church and started going on missions of their own?

What we need to realize is that there is a ripple affect for everything that is done. And these ripples can be short and just affect us or they can be long and flow throughout time.

I'm not saying that we shouldn't plan our 401k or have life insurance. Be sensible. But I am saying that we need to stop focusing so much on protecting the future people of the world and giving them an easier path and start focusing on making lasting impressions on the world that help us and help them. Live for the now.

Be still. Know who is God (and, hint, it isn't you).