The Children of Christ’s Revolution
theophilus January 26th, 2008
This is the day we commemorate the lives of St. Timothy and St. Titus. They were both missionaries, bishops, and companions of St. Paul. Without guys like St. Timothy and St. Titus, St. Paul’s job would have been a heck of a lot harder.
What I find especially inspiring about their lives is that they were the children of the revolution started by Christ. They took the spark ignited by Christ in his human ministry and helped fan it into the flame that will burn bright until the end of times.
It was this second generation that allowed the apostles to spread the gospel beyond Jerusalem and Judea. They were the one’s who helped the apostles spread the message to new lands. They were the one’s who handed down the word to the third and succeeding generations – a line that leads directly to us.
And the thing that really made this generation special was that they probably didn’t know Christ firsthand. They had to rely on their faith and the witness handed down by those who were of Christ’s generation.
But, aren’t we all children of Christ’s Revolution? Aren’t we all called each day to bring Christ to all the folks we come into contact with in our daily lives? Isn’t the revolution that Christ started in his human ministry needed now more than ever?
We all should live our lives as if we were that second generation – full of the fire of the Holy Spirit – with a life-purpose directly in accord with Christ.
That second generation must have lived in exciting times - but so do we. And we must recognize such and renew the fire within us – the fire of Christ’s Revolution. We must become the children of Christ’s Revolution for our own generation.
