On June 29, 2012 God placed a “call to action” on my heart. Throughout the night I woke up multiple times to take notes. I didn’t fully understand that what God shared with me that night would be the beginnings of the ALL IN Movement, but I knew that God was stirring my heart to action. Two quick points for the sake of clarity before reading some of my raw notes from that night:
- The Newton Project was a nonprofit organization I started in 2011 to demonstrate how acts of love and kindness can make a big difference in people’s lives
- Sparkhound was the technology company that I owned a portion of and ran operations for prior to leaving to launch ALL IN
Notes from 6/29/12
Hate is not the opposite of love. Indifference is the opposite of love. I'm awake at 1am. I have been struggling for weeks with whether or not to buy a new truck. God has shown me tonight that he has already provided everything I need, but it will never be enough for me because I am trusting in the provision rather than the provider. What I should be agonizing over instead is that I have not been loving others as I should. I have been indifferent. God has shown me tonight that what I should be agonizing over is my lack of love for others. I talk to people about The Newton Project and how we want to make a difference in people’s lives and yet I focus more on its popularity than I do its impact. The Holy Spirit corrects me and tells me that I shouldn't but I often find myself doing it anyway. One of my Sparkhound employees is in the hospital and may not make it. We had another employee earlier this year die of an overdose on medication and alcohol. I talk to people about it and I say "it's sad", but am I really caring about it the way that I should? What should I be feeling? It is easy to simply say "that is sad", say a prayer, and do nothing else. I pray that God will make my heart hurt for people. I want to love like Christ loves. I want to see the family on the news who's house burned down and I want to really hurt for them. I want to be moved to action for them. That is the kind of life I want to live. Praise God for His Spirit that lives within me and stirs my soul!
What my notes that night reveal is that God was no longer going to allow me to live an indifferent life. My ask of each of you today is that you search your heart and answer this question honestly. Are you living an indifferent life or is your soul stirred to action to help people in any way that you can?
Jesus makes it clear to us in John 13:34-35 that we are to love one another. Jesus also makes it clear in Luke 19:10-26 that our business here on earth should be the same as His business – “to seek and save the lost” and that we will be held accountable to accomplishing it.
Are you loving the way that you should? Are you serving in the way that you should? Will you allow God to move your heart to love like Christ loves?
As for me – I am a work in progress, but I am ALL IN. I pray that you will be as well.
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