11-26-13 Do we love people or do we love the mission more?
11-26-13 Do we love people or do we love the mission more?
Do we love people, as brothers and sisters in Christ, or do we love the Christian mission we are involved in more than people? What a hard question to ask! It is easy to love people that are involved in our unique mission. We give them our hearts. We support them. We visit them. We are interested in what they are doing. We are excited about the work of God in their life. We pray for them. But what happens when they leave the unique mission that brought us together in the first place? What if these precious brothers and sisters in Christ become involved in an equally important mission in the Kingdom of God and were led there by God himself? For many, that is where the friendship ends. There may be warm feelings but there is no relationship. In fact the person who left the unique mission could be treated like a virus that needs to be quarantined. Do we love our mission more than people? Ask yourself these questions…would you worship on a Sunday with that person even if that person was no longer involved in the ministry? Would you visit them out of simple friendship? Would you ask what they are doing in their Christian mission? Would you advertise in your own church the work of God going in that person’s life? Would you ever invite them to speak in your church? Would you always be in “damage control” mode when they visit? Would be always be afraid about new ideas being planted in your own local congregation? Would you be afraid of loosing your members if they learned about some other legitimate work of God going on? Would you treat your brother and sister in Christ as a virus that needed to quarantined. –
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