The biggest reason our churches are not healthy is that God is not a priority, specifically God as he has revealed himself through Scripture. God is missionary God–the Father sending the Son, the Son sending the Spirit, the Spirit sending the Church. However, all this sending is not about local versus global missions. It does not follow that if we are passionate about missions locally that we will be active globally or vice versa. Missions is not what should motivate us. Instead, we will be missionally motivated when we see that the missionary God invites us into the story of rejoicing in his glory, which means that we participate in God’s reconciling the world to himself. We will be healthier and happier when we put God above all things, from missions to money. If we participate in the self-glorifying, self-sending God, we will find ourselves living sent and glorifying lives, something that will compel us to share Jesus with the world.
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March 7, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Shaw
right on brother.
March 11, 2008 at 7:47 pm
brad brisco
Amen!
March 15, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Jeff Patterson
Well said.
It is not about local vs. global missions…
The God who sent Himself in His Son sends us in the mission of His Son, for the purpose of glorifying the Triune God. Sending is the means to the end — God’s infinite worth displayed and enjoyed through love for all eternity.