My Cause

I have a cause that has recently risen to challenge me. This silly little thing called IBC Praise, which, for some reason or other, IBC students tend to put on a pedestal (yes, even my sister), has for the past semester become a tiresome burden that I, at the time, wished rather not to deal with.

IBC Praise is held to some sort of higher level because of a name. People will literally drive themselves into the ground in attempts to possess the ability to say "I'm in IBC Praise." Trust me, I know. I've lived with one of those people. It has frustrated me though because I absolutely loathed the job that was assigned me. On top of that, I was rendered unable to go on MSA trips or take hold of any opportunity that would allow me to do what I felt God called me to do: preach.

I oftentimes have thought to myself Pastors, worship leaders, singers, ushers, and yes, even janitors, are all just people. They're just THAT: people. Praise members are just that as well: people. I know that being in Praise does not change who you are. You are still a person like everyone else, and just because you are in it or not does not determine whether you are any better or any less than the person who is or isn't. At the same time, it is something. It is a ministry.

This weekend revealed to me just that. Though I may run sound and sing with Praise, it is more than just doing those duties. It is a ministry that can touch the lives of many. God spoke to me this Sunday as I knelt to the steps of an altar, weeping, wondering why I was there doing what I was doing. Why am I here God? Why am I not on an MSA preaching the Word like I feel You've called me to do? Then He spoke. He told me this: this ministry, if you allow, could be what opens the doors to your ministry. My face hit the floor in that instant...and in that moment in time I found my cause.

My cause is a people. A people that are hungry for something that they cannot attain in the places in which they seek for it. So my reason for being in Praise and not giving up for the much easier path to ministry? A catalyst for my cause.

If I had a prayer to pray tonight it would be this: that I would never forget that nothing is by accident and that God has all in His control. He knows what to do in my life and for that I am truly thankful. As always, I pray daily for a blessing to come to everyone on the List. Thank you again for being so good to me...

Sincerely,
Gabe Easter