Monday, April 6, 2009

Location, location, location

Been doing a study with some great young people for the past month or so. It's called, "Red Revolution" and it deals with how we as Christ followers have for far too long looked at the world through tinted lenses rather than through the same lens as Jesus. Well, recently while pondering some of the comments and discussions that have come from this study, God laid it on my heart that our lives are based on 4 locations...up, out, here and there.
Jesus called us all to do something...and what He called us to do is more important than anything else...love God with everything in us (Matt 22:37-38). Then we have to do something else that Christ said is equally as important...love each other (Matt 22:39). He said that everything is hinged on these two locales...up and out. Later, Jesus gives us a job to do. He tells us that we have to go out into our neighborhoods and to all nations and preach the Gospel to everybody no matter who or what they are (Matt 28:18-20). We are to do this on His authority...authority that is given to Him from His Father. We are to go, make, baptize, teach and remember...here and there.
Now, I don't know where you are at in your walk with God...but, I do know where our focus should be...up, out, here and there....so, where are you at?

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