Saturday, June 16, 2012

PEGS


It doesn't really matter what we as followers of Christ are right about if we’re wrong about our relationship with God.  God is more interested in the heart of a church than He is with its size or intellect.  He is way less impressed by our ability to debate church structure or theology than He is with our willingness to touch those around us. 
We have thought for decades that our programs were sacred. They aren’t.  What is sacred is the mission of Christ.  The mission is that you are called to shine a light and demonstrate God's love and grace to anyone who needs it.  The mission is extremely personal.  It is to seek and save that which is lost.  It is overtly messy and uncomfortable and awkward.  Square-pegs-in-round-holes kind of stuff.

'God has chosen us in spite of our messiness, or very possibly, because of it.'

If people looking in from the outside really knew your story - or mine - they'd likely question how in the world we got this role as follower of Jesus.  Even so, God has chosen us in spite of our messiness, or very possibly because of it.  All along He has planned this whole thing so we could send a collective message to a generation that desperately needs to know Him.  
God put us together to show how much He cares for a broken world, of which we are a part.  We are compelled to show them how much He loves  --  when push comes to shove  --  by tilting toward them with a Jesus-show of grace.  
That's His plan and only He could have thought of it.
And be blessed.

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