If Ben Can Move the Island, We Can Move the Church, Part 4

This one is simple and short.  All of the ideas have built on each other and all demand a reordering of our ideas of stewardship of time and resources and our ideas of discipleship.

1) We go to where people are
2) We remain who we are
3) We show them a preferred future.

And today…

4) We walk with them there.

Today's while the simplest is the scariest to me because making disciples takes time – commitment.  These are things that we don't seem to be very good at these days.  What if everyone in the church was a disciple maker like you?  What would the church look like in 10 years?

We must slow down…look around…see who needs us and join God in what He is doing around us.  We have to spend time with people on good & bad days and shepherd them toward Christlikeness.  Then in and of itself brings up another challenge because it demands that we allow people to be close to us.  They get to see us more  and more and get to see our junk.  It calls us to be more holy and more pure as well.

It calls us to embrace the our roles as priests as those who are called to be broken and poured out for the world and maybe more importantly today to be temples.  The scriptures tell us that we (the church) are the temple of God.  We must seek holiness in our midst so that just like a queen from the east, people will be drawn to our uniqueness and worship our God.

So…that's a wrap.  Be intentional.  Be real.  Be visionary.  Be the message.

Peace ~