What are we doing about it?

Brian’s a good friend of mine. He and I are a lot a like in many ways. Both politically and theologically, we’re very similar, with only what I consider to be minor differences of opinions. One area in which we are in lock-step agreement is our opposition to the scourge of abortion. We both find it to be a repugnant and repulsive destruction of human life. As such, our conversations often drift to that topic. This morning was such an occasion. Brian related to me a conversation he had with a former college professor, and challenged me with a question with which this professor challenged him: What are we doing about it?

That’s an exceedingly interesting question. As Brian and I discussed, as Christians, we seem to be placing our hopes in Supreme Court justices, lawyers, and/or activists. Our hope is that someday, we’ll have enough justices on that bench to overturn Roe, and that a brave lawyer will step forward to push a case all the way through to the Supreme Court. Someday, someone will step up to the plate and make something happen. That’s all well and good, but the question still stands: What are we doing about it?

More often that not, we prefer to sit back and let someone else do the work. Whether it’s evangelism, discipleship, discipline, or protecting the unborn, most of us are not comfortable with getting our hands dirty. The reasons for that are many, and, in this context, completely irrelevant. Regardless of reason, we as the body of Christ will continue to marginalized and ineffective as long as we’re sitting on the sidelines. If we want the world to take notice and to realize that our Faith does have something authentic to offer the modern world, we actually have to do something.

On a practical level, in this context, what does that mean? Do we picket abortion clinics? Do we write letters to politicians? Do we volunteer at pregnancy centers? Do we adopt "unwanted" children? I don’t know. Those are all fine suggestions, and there are likely many more (though I staunchly oppose opposition that involves firearms, thank you very much, Mr. Rudolph). The answer to that question, though, will vary from person to person, so each Christian should carefully think about that question: What are you doing? What does God want you to do? It’s time that we quit sitting on our hands and waiting for someone else to do something, and get involved ourselves, whether the issue is abortion, gambling, or something else entirely. Being a change agent for Christ is not someone else’s responsibility. It’s ours. It’s yours. Now, what are you going to do about it?