We're Fixin' the World

A missionary named Jeffrey Ginn was serving with his family in Cali, Colombia. One morning he came into his office to find that a large map of the world had fallen from the wall during the night — all except one corner, which was still taped in place. He knelt on the floor to repair it.

His toddler daughter wandered in and plopped down beside him, watching intently. After a moment her mother called from the other room, "Anna, what are you doing?"

Anna looked up and said, matter-of-factly, "We're fixin' the world, Mama."

I love that. Because in the most unguarded, unselfconscious way, she named exactly what her father was doing — and exactly what we are called to do.

Jesus didn't come into the world to found an institution or establish a political order. He came to fix it. To heal it. To put back together what had been broken — and to call out people who would join him in that work.

The scope of that work is staggering. Children without enough to eat. Families torn apart. People living without hope or purpose or dignity. The brokenness runs deep and wide. And it is easy, standing before a map that large, to feel very small.

But Jeffrey wasn't trying to fix the whole map at once. He was just on his knees, in his office, repairing the corner in front of him.

That is usually how it works. Not grand gestures, but small faithful ones. The meal delivered. The phone call made. The corner of the map, patiently repaired.

We're fixin' the world! One small act at a time.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, you came to heal and restore what is broken in this world. And you invite us to join you in that work. Show us our corner of the map today — the place right in front of us that needs attention. Give us the willingness to kneel down and get to work. Amen.

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