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do if money were no object? Maybe like Bono, you’d
like to end extreme poverty. I personally believe abject
poverty could be eradicated. It should be eradicated!
I’m not talking about removing all poverty. Jesus said
the poor would always be with us. I’m talking about
the kind of poverty that leads to the senseless death of
countless lives because we are unwilling to help people
with their immediate needs and the greater spiritual need
that will cause them to rise up from the ashes and live.
In Jeremiah 33:3 God says, “Call to me and I will answer
you, and show you great and mighty things which you
do not know.” My commentary explains the word mighty
is better rendered “isolated” or “inaccessible.” The
suggestion is that God will give us “revelational insight,”
revealing things that otherwise would be inaccessible
or isolated. We might look at that and think, “How
exciting to be privy to such information.” But recently
the Lord drew my attention to see the purpose. The story
of Jeremiah 33 is the restoration of a nation. We look
at the chaos in our nation and grieve. Sometimes chaos
can be divine for the purpose of bringing divine order.
Let’s not judge with our eyes. We have the opportunity,
like Nehemiah, like Jeremiah, like Bono, to turn our
eyes to the one who has the answers. Like Bono, I
believe every generation is given its challenges. We
have many. However, I believe we’re entering a season
of renaissance. The renaissance period is described
as the cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and
modern history. Every mountain of culture was affected—
media, government, education, and so on. In French,
the word renaissance, literally means “Rebirth.”
So again, I ask, what would you do to change the world?
It begins with calling to the one who reveals great and
mighty things. Who says, with man the challenges may
seem impossible, with Me all things are possible.

Sometimes, we hear about an issue, we’re sad, but
the obstacles to bring a solution seem too big. What if
we asked a better question? What if we were willing
to take risks to see our families, our cities, and nations
restored? You have a piece of the puzzle. None of us
are called to solve all the world’s problems. But each of
us holds a key to change the world. What would you

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