ENGAGE

Guess what? God didn't place us on this big Earth just so we could start getting ready to leave it. He put us here to plant and reproduce gardens of His Kingdom throughout the world - re-claiming and transforming territory laid waste by the enemy of our souls.

Jesus set the stage for us on this. He called followers to Himself and established His church. They began to carry on the assignment and preach the same message He had preached. People all over the world are searching for the Kingdom, even though they don't know it. We who bear 'the name' bear the responsibility of engaging them in order to help them find it.

Engagement means involvement. It means to meet something head on - it means care about it - it means put your life and heart and soul into it. Popular society will never be changed, no matter how hard we pray, by those who refuse to engage it. It has been said that all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. Evil has held sway in the world for far too long. People need to know life has meaning and purpose. They need to know there is an alternative to the seemingly unending cycle of hatred, violence, cruelty and poverty. They need to be given a reason to hope.

That's our assignment. That's what engagement means. To infect the popular culture with the morals, values, ideas and standards of God's Kingdom. We need to promote the Kingdom in our jobs, in our businesses, in our families, in our neighborhoods, thru our investments and in our relationships, marriages and parenting. We must bring the Kingdom into every arena and facet of life. The world shamelessly promotes its culture. As Kingdom citizens, we need to be just as bold in promoting ours.

Engage.

And be blessed.