Just thinking out loud…
What if we saw ourselves the way Jesus sees us? Would it make a difference? He said…
“As my Father has sent me, so I am sending you…”
Do you see yourself as a “sent one” from God? Do you think of yourself as a missionary to your neighborhood? Do you “feel” the sent ness? Do you acknowledge being on mission with Jesus?
God has always been the sent and sending God. He is always at his work. He goes before us and will be with us. We are the sent ones of God.
What if the paradigm of what it means to be a member of a church in western culture shifted one Sunday morning? What if on that one morning every believer left the building to enter the “mission field” of his neighborhood, his work place, his school, his network? What if their community of faith supported their “mission efforts” by prayers, accountability, using their spiritual gifts and when necessary financial support? What if we “went” with God “out” into his world and encouraged each other to “be” the expression of Jesus Christ? What if our friends and neighbors did not need to go to church because we would come to them, enter their world and “be” the church in their lives? What if we saw ourselves as the sent and sending ones? It’s a subtle paradigm shift. It’s a significant shift. What if…?
Do you…think…?
Tags: Church, Church Planting, Jesus Christ, Missional, missions
