Fools & Nation Shakers

“God did not put us in the world to run away from the world, but to transform the world”

-           - Christine Caine

Welcome to my weekend! 

Last weekend I attended this mission conference called World Mandate. I thought that having 4500 people crying out to God was good enough, but then I heard this fiery Aussie speak by the name of Christine Caine. Some of you may have heard of her, most of you haven’t. Christine is a teaching pastor over at Hillsong and also the starter of the A21 campaign, a campaign aimed at abolishing slavery in the modern 21^st century. But more importantly than both of these impressive statistics is the message she communicated. Never have I heard someone speak like her. Never have I seen someone as passionate about advancing God’s kingdom. Never have I experienced someone so in tune with the heartbeat of God. It was like every single thing she said pierced the deepest wellsprings of my heart. 

She spoke a lot of truth, but out of every God breathed thing that she uttered, what shook my foundations the most may have been overlooked by the majority of people there. You see her message was about running to the battle against the darkness and taking Christ to those who remain in bondage, but in addressing this issue, Christine touched on a subject that made my heart twinge: looking foolish.

If you have ever been to a Sunday service then you probably have heard that we are “supposed” to seem foolish to the world. In fact I’ve even preached on this very same subject. But something she said stirred a sleeping giant inside of me (I guess this is why the Bible is living and active Hebrews 4:12).

I knew that I was supposed to look foolish, but to this date I haven’t really been foolish. 

Sure I have knelt down in the middle of school to pray, sacrificed my spring break to go share the Gospel, and changed my major from an extremely lucrative profession to one that is laughed at by a lot of teenagers.  I have done a lot of things that may appear foolish to Americans, but I haven’t done anything that stands out as biblically foolish.

Where’s my ark?

Don’t you think Noah looked stupid when he was building an ark to protect the people from rain (which they have neither seen nor heard of)? Don’t you think Gideon looked dumb when he downsized his army to 300 men then went and faced a massive army? Don’t you think David looked like an idiot when he picked up a few rocks and said “Bring it Goliath?” Don’t you think Paul looked silly when he walked up to the house of Ananias and said, “I was about to kill you but now I want to help you?” Don’t you think Paul looked even more ridiculous when he got bit by a snake and pretended like nothing happened? 

Don’t you think Jesus looked foolish as he hung from a cross half naked?

Compared to these guys and the rest of the bible, all of my “foolish” acts look like filthy rags.

This weekend was more than just refueling to me, it was re-prioritizing.

What have you done to look foolish for God?

Where are you stepping outside of your comfort zone?

Are you transforming the world, or just merely running from it?

Where’s your ark?

Merely,

Chris Gerac
“We are fools for Christ’s sake…” 1 Corinthians 4:10, NASB