I Am Second!!

I am second has become a way of life for me. I found the Iamsecond.com website several years ago and I have fallen in love with this ministry tool. This weekend though I got to live what its like to be the focus of a group showing that they know what it means to be second. The 10-12 grade Sunday school class showed up at my house Saturday morning and worked for almost 2 hours cleaning my yard, washing my windows, and washing our van. I was so overwhelmed by the ministry those students put out. Sometimes I wonder if anything we teach to our young people is sinking in then they just show up and show out. God has blessed us with a great group of youth and I am blessed to be able to work with them. It's funny how people sit back and say because God didn't call them to preach, or sing, or teach, or play an instrument that they can't minister, OUR YOUTH PROVED DIFFERENT!!! Cleaning windows, cleaning gutters, cleaning yards, washing vehicles are not considered normal ministries but maybe that is the problem. Somewhere along the way ministry got stuck with the idea that it can only be done within the walls of the church. Actually that couldn't be further than the truth. What we do on Sunday and Wednesday is worship and learning how to serve. The problem with the church today is that somewhere along the way, going to a church building began being considered as service instead of duty. The bible tells us to assemble together. That's not service. This world we are passing through needs to know that there is more to Christians than being "CHURCH FOLKS". It is about a relationship not religion. Jesus had people following Him everywhere He went because He showed the love He had in His heart, not because He invited them to church. The world doesn't need someone else trying to get them to conform to a set of standards that we ourselves don't even conform to. The world needs the love of Christ and they need to see that example come from those of us that claim to be His. We are not of this world, its time to stop conforming and let God start transforming! The world needs us as the body of Christ to show that we are about showing the love of Christ and proving that we know what it means to be Second! My name is Jason Horn, and I am Second!