We believe: My reaction to the events in Ferguson

I stayed up several hours last night watching the events unfold in Ferguson, Mo. in the aftermath of the grand jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown. Politics aside, what I saw was a broken world.

This afternoon I was listening to the Newsboys and I heard these lyrics from their song, "We Believe"...

In this time of desperation

When all we know is doubt and fear

There is only one foundation

We believe, we believe

In this broken generation

When all is dark, You help us see

There is only one salvation

We believe, we believe 

We believe in God the Father

We believe in Jesus Christ

We believe in the Holy Spirit

And He's given us new life

We believe in the crucifixion

We believe that He conquered death

We believe in the resurrection

And He's comin' back again, we believe

 Here's the truth I found in those words: We are living in times of desperation and a part of a broken generation. Our sense of justice is out of whack. The only salvation comes from God through Jesus Christ.

Check out Romans 6:

⁵ For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. ⁶ We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. ⁷ For one who has died has been set free from sin. ⁸ Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

 What an awesome promise we have from him. We will live with him!

I hope you can join in on that chorus. As the next verse of the song says, "may our faith be more than anthems". I hope you can join in with confidence as we say, "WE BELIEVE!"

I encourage you to take a couple minutes to listen to the whole song.