people who will change the world

i remember my youth pastor talking about one of his old college roommates, how everything he did was driven by a motive of intimacy with God. and the result of this very honest, very genuine commitment, was just some inexplicable, remarkable coolness about him. like anything he did - it was just unanimously cool. and it's these kinds of people who have sorta almost revolutionized the idea of cool, because there is just something about them that intrigues people so that they have to get down to the bottom of this coolness. and it's these kinds of people who will change the world.

i don't know. i know people like this. this one guy who was a counselor at this korean retreat i went to, he was just unanimously cool, everyone decided. he led a Bible study and he played a lot of really amazing saxophone solos and also the harmonica and he has his own band where he plays guitar and lead vocals, and it is partly because of him that i want to be able to play the saxophone in worship, because i think it gets people excited to worship (also, in Mexico, they witness with music. people get saved). these are people who will change the world. because God is at work through them, and God uses them to speak words into lives.

i was listening to music at a Christian bookstore today when i was thinking about people who i think will change the world. and that list is entirely composed of: Aaron Shust and Phil Wickham, primarily. and i say this, only because, you can see it. you can hear it in the songs and their lyrics, you can see it on their album art, it's just something about them that makes you wonder, something that seems to say God can be even closer. it's like, i don't know what they have, but i want some of that, and that is probably most of the reason why i think they can change the world, because our God is a consuming fire, because the Spirit is rather infectious. people like Rob Bell or Donald Miller or my youth pastor and his wife or, i don't know, my sister...you can tell. it's almost like an example of how much God can have of you...it's like racing, right? well, you see someone who has progressed far into the race. i don't think it's discouraging, i think it shows that you have something to look forward to achieving, and pushes you farther, faster.

i was driving my friend somewhere on Saturday when i realized, "this is a cool kid..." like the way he dresses, his style, the way he really comes alive in certain things and isn't ashamed of it, the way he is an older brother, the way he is on a mission trip, enthusiastic and childlike. i am proud to say he is my friend. later that Saturday, i went to a school function where two of my friends were playing worship, and you know what? they were really good. no doubt about it - they are both good players and good singers, and God was there in their hearts and songs, and i was proud that they were my friends. i was glad that they were cool, glad that they were people setting examples, people walking around with God in them, unanimously cool.

i want to become someone like this...someone people can see God in. someone God can speak through. (i have realized that God must actually want to use me in His plans, or else He really just wouldn't...) gotta go. i'll try to finish this thought later