We got it backwards

I recently heard David Platt speak on slavery from 1 Timothy 6 this is a quote he gave during the sermon "Christianity is not primarily aimed at social reform. Christianity is aimed primarily at personal redemption ~ David Platt sermon on 10-2-11".
As someone who works in a Mennonite church this statement needs to be heard by all Mennonites. We have flipped that around, we have elevated social justice and reform over Christ. Our life is about personal redemption, plain and simple. Everything we do is about serving him, worshiping him, and obeying him. None of our life is ever suppose to be about us and what we can do. Instead it is about  reforming ourselves to be more Christ like, so than Christ can use us for the good works he prepared in advance for us.
We need to focus more on our personal redemption and reform and then through that see what God may have us do for society. Instead of always focusing on the easy feel good work, let us begin to work on the hard difficult work of inward focus and change. Let God chisel you today.

30 pieces of silver

How interesting that in the old testament you bought a slave for 30 pieces of silver. Christ was betrayed for 30 pieces of silver and for a brief moment in time became a slave to man and sin. The ransom was paid and we were redeemed. It is neat how much of the law was actually fulfilled by Christ, even something as simple as the price of a slave.