I've Taken All I Can Stand, and Me Can't Stands NO MORE!

¹¹ Many years later, when Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the Hebrews, and he saw how hard they were forced to work. During his visit, he saw an Egyptian beating one of his fellow Hebrews. ¹² After looking in all directions to make sure no one was watching, Moses killed the Egyptian and hid the body in the sand.  Exodus 2:11-12

If you remember there was a cartoon by the name of Popeye, where a sailor went around defending the helpless.  He'd meander through his day it appears, but when he saw that situations were getting out of hand, or maybe even he was being abused to a pulp by his adversary Brutus, he'd first say " I've taken all I could stand, and me can't stands no more!" He'd pop a can of spinach, ingest it...and he'd become empowered to defeat the forces of evil.  In the book Holy Discontent by Bill Hybels, in the chapter the Question That Started It All he talks about people that had a POPEYE MOMENT like Moses & Martin Luther King, Jr. and how they all asked themselves " What's wrong with the world, and what can I do to fix it." Not only have they asked the question...they've taken steps to resolve it.  Now I'm not telling anyone to go murder someone because they see somebody doing wrong, but I am asking you to be Spirit led instead numb and dumb.

Don't like the way the way things are at work....ARE YOU REALLY SALT AND LIGHT or you just parsley that only is good for looking good, or a mushroom...a growing fungus that doesn't have any real
flavor?

Don't like how no one comes out to play and kids staying inside....take your kids out and play catch, start up kickball in your neighborhood....ENGAGE THE PEOPLE YOU LIVE AMONGST.

Don't think your church has ____________________ well instead of coming in, eating the cookies, juice, bagels and scarfing down the WORD, actually sign up to help where it is you CAN!

In the cartoon POPEYE there are 4 main characters.   Olive Oyle who is always the sweet helpless victim.  Wimpy.....(outside of begging for money..the poor you'll have with you always) need I say more.   Brutus the abusive aggressive adversary to all, and Popeye the series hero...who seeks to live peaceably among people, but will handle business, when there's business to be handled.  I honestly believe there is some life truth in these characters....and the question I leave you with is WHICH ARE YOU?  LGLP