"Good Cause"

As you may know or may have gathered from other writings, I just got
back from spending two weeks in a little town called West End on Grand
Bahama Island doing mission work. So many times I have been told by
others that what I was doing was "such a good cause".

This got me to thinking, particularly once I got down there. This
morning, I was listening to Switchfoot song where they sing, "more
than a cause..."

It all made sense and came together... one of those great Emeril
"BAMM!" moments. There's a huge difference between God's work and "a
good cause".

So many people get focused on doing "good works" or doing things for
"a good cause", to the extent that we forget what we're really
supposed to be doing. Don't get me wrong -- trying to save the
rainforests, protect bald eagles, cure parkinson's disease, feed
starving kids in Africa, and even rebuild after the tsunami in Asia
are all good things. BUT, here's the thing. If we're just doing it
for "a good cause" (as many people do), it's all in vain. Only when
we are doing these things as a way of praising God does it become
purposeful, worthy, and worship.

Think about this the next time someone calls something "a good cause".
In the Bahamas two groups spent a total of two weeks building a
triplex and re-roofing a house. They weren't doing this because it
just seemed like a good thing to do; they were doing this as a way of
sharing the love of Jesus with the people of West End. They were
praising the Lord by building. That is worship. That is good. That
is what we're supposed to be doing.

Trying to seek and act for more than a feeling and more than a cause,
chris