Returning home from a short-term mission or spiritual retreat can be difficult. On the one hand, you have this odd desire to keep travelling, embracing a nomadic servant leadership lifestyle as a permanent gig. On the other hand, you crave the comforts and security that come with getting home to family and friends.
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We need to take a deep, hard look inside ourselves and get to some honesty. If we have no desire to strive whatsoever, if we feel no compulsion to proclaim Christ, teach or admonish each other in any way, we have got some serious work to do in our hearts.
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We’re not judged based on available finances, correct identification, and especially not our criminal record. Everything has been paid for in full! All offences are forgiven! And we are in perfect standing because of Jesus. All because of Jesus!
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Paul calls us to “present everyone complete in Christ.” (Col. 1:28) To the Colossian Church, “complete” was a term that was commonly used for loading a ship with all the necessary cargo and being prepared. Therefore, completeness is being ready for the long voyage, and ready for whatever trials or toils may come.
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Simple acts of service can have a lasting impact if we would only embrace them wholeheartedly. And they’re so worth it! Serving Christ brings about a closeness to Him that doesn’t come from being the Sunday spectator. Serving brings a fulfilment into your spiritual life that sleeping in or watching Netflicks will never give you!
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Bible, Books, Discipleship, NT
We can persevere through those unhealthy and unhelpful thoughts and feelings, moving into a place of deeper belonging. We can make a choice to rest in God’s love, poured out through Jesus, who becomes our source of value and identity. And in Him, we receive a maturity that we might not otherwise have known.
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The birth of a child is an extremely exciting time. It is almost always followed by great emotion and celebration first by the parents as they gaze into the eyes of the child for the first time, then by jubilant family members who have been pacing in the waiting room for hours. For the Christian, do we engage in this kind of excitement with rebirth? And if not, why not?
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We have to face the reality that there are a number of people who did not have any type of get-together with family or friends this past week. Nor will they have an opportunity to take part in the many festivities planned throughout this next month. The question is, what will we do about that? How will we make a difference out of our abundance?
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Simple faith is often the most believable. Lean into an authentic and vulnerable trust in Jesus. Don’t let doubt convince you that you need to experience miracles and emotional highs. Not that they can’t happen. Find contentment in the ordinary works of the Holy Spirit, without feeling the need to exaggerate them.
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Too often we follow the world’s example on where our power lies and how it’s obtained. It’s so easy to get caught up in convincing people of our importance or status (code-words for power), but it doesn’t have the impact we think it will. It doesn’t last. It’s an ineffective way to lead and influence people. Instead, we must remember that true power is found in Christ alone.
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This is true for you. God’s sovereign hand is directing your life and guiding you. Even as you struggle with sin, and the sin of others, He is with you. He is performing a good work in you and His goal is for your completion in Christ! Be confident in this truth.
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In the last chapter of John, we find a very peculiar account, centred around Peter, his relationship with Jesus and his future ministry of starting the church. It begins with, “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” (John 21:3)
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