Greetings, Andy Johnson here. Now lately, I've
been worried about the bullying and the beating,
the intimidation and the killing happening here
in Minnesota by the ICE agents. But I was told
by a person online that I shouldn't worry. I
was told that God has a plan. So I decided to
ask him. I got down on my knees, closed my eyes,
bowed my head, and said, dear God, most merciful,
almighty King of all. And that's where God interrupted
me. Just say what you need to say, he said. Don't
need all the fluffy stuff. Okay, well, God, I've
been told that you have a plan for all of this.
I do, he said. It's for you to get up off your
lazy asses and do something. Instead, all I hear
is whining. Do this, do that, bless him, heal
her, gimme, gimme, gimme, do, do, do. That's
all I ever hear from you people. You tell me
what you think I need to do. You ask me for what
you think is important. You tell me what you
want, yet you never listen. Who do you think
I am, he said. The great I am, I asked. Exactly,
he said, and I am telling you to cut it out.
I am telling you to stop the bullying, the intimidation,
the hoarding, the cheating, the lying and the
killing. We've got policies about those things,
you know. I am telling you that you are responsible
for each other, he said. You are to love, nurture,
share, and take responsibility for everybody.
Don't come crying to me to clean up the messes
that you make. I'm not your maid. Don't come
whining to me to fix all the things that you
can fix yourself. How are you ever going to grow
up if you don't start doing some things for yourself?
And here's a special super secret, holy secret
that I'm going to share with you," he said to
me. I don't need your stinking praise and worship.
I need you to get out there and do something.
That's my plan. Keep all your holy, holy baloney.
How about a little helpy helpy? Instead of praise
God Almighty, how about help people? Gosh darn
it. Now I want you to get out there and tell
people what I just said. Excuse me, God, but
no one's going to believe that I talked to you
or saw you. Well, what did Jesus tell you? He
asked me. Well, he said a lot of stuff, really.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall
see God. Matthew 5, 8. Yeah, God, no offense,
but I'm hardly pure of heart. Don't I know it,
God said. But this speaks to your motivation.
What's your motivation? Pure in heart. Is it
to take, to hoard, to glorify yourself, to control?
Or is it to nurture, to take care of? You've
been made in my likeness, God said. Listen. to
the likeness. Listen to the likeness," I said.
So here's my thoughts. We can see God in the
actions, interactions, and reactions of people.
So I say, see God. Listen to the likeness. Matthew
5 -16, in the same way Let your light shine before
men that they may see your good deeds and glorify
your Father in heaven. See your good deeds. God
has a plan and it's pretty clear. It's for us
to get up off our ass and do something. Listen
to the likeness.