Why We Do What We Do...
Pastor, author, and theologian John Piper has spent a lifetime encouraging many to not live a wasted life. A life that may be filled with activities, material possessions, perhaps even good deeds. But a life that in the end, is a reflection of nothing. Ultimately, an unfulfilled life.
We don't want to live unfulfilled lives. We don't want to waste our lives. We don't want to look back at the end of our lives and see reflections of empty actions, dreams, and pursuits. Rather, at the end of our lives, we want to know that we lived with a greater purpose, a higher calling, and a more solid foundation. The Soteria Foundation ultimately exists not to do "good works" as if the works were the end, but to glorify and honor the One who is the giver of all gifts, and the sustainer of all works.
In the book of I John we read that we are called to love not because we have the capability to, or the desire to in and of ourselves. Especially as Americans who have been blessed with innumberable riches, left to ourselves we would not love, give or do. But we love, and we give, and we do not because of anything we've done, but rather because One first loved us, first gave to us, and first did for us what we could not do ourselves.
It is not enough to love, give, or do in words only. It is very easy to think about helping those less fortunate than ourselves, or make plans and promises to serve others. It's another thing entirely to actually do something to make a difference.
We don't want to be an organization who simply talks about doing good. About loving others. About giving of what we have so richly received. Instead we want to be an organization that lives what it preaches. We want to do, not just say. We agree with the Apostle John in the book of I John where he encourages those who have the "world's goods" to give of what they have received as a tangible expression of loving in both word and deed.
That's why we do what we do...
