February 15, 2007
The World is Flat...
The author of this 500+ page book with the above title explains many of the significant forces that have and are radically changing our world - flattening it. Where it used to be that countries would think globally in terms of connectedness and influence, it then shifted to companies, and now it has shifted to individuals. We see example after example of the power and influence (or at least exposure) one individual can have on a massive scale - just look at this years' Super Bowl ads that had a contest for anyone with a video camera and a creative mind - talk about a platform!
Maybe it's because I'm about to head to Thailand on a two week missions trip, but it has struck me again recently, that our long term missionaries understand more of these rapidly changing world and cultural dynamics better than most. They are some of the first to use technology to their advantage together with being ruthlessly intent on understanding their culture and making a kingdom difference. Combine that with a keen awareness of what a life of sacrifice looks like (because they're living it) and there is the evidence of transformed lives as they walk day by day in the power of God's spirit. May God give each one of us the compassion of Christ and a heightened awareness of our culture in order to love people into the kingdom of God.
Seeing our lives and the cultures of the world through the transformation that only Jesus Christ can bring has a "flattening" effect in the best way possible as we come to see our common human need for forgiveness, just as it says in Colossians 1:6 - "This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is changing lives everywhere, just as it changed yours that very first day you heard and understood the truth about God's great kindness to sinners".
Posted by Bruce Enns at February 15, 2007 4:52 PM
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