Matthew tells us that the last command Jesus gave the Apostles (and by extension, us) was to "go and make disciples of all nations." (Mt. 28:19)That struck me this weekend.
He didn't say, "go about your normal lives. Stay comfortable. Remain within your little bubble."
He said go.
I questioned myself. Am I going? Am I doing?
"Sure I am," I told myself, with a healthy degree of skepticism.
Then I started to do the math. I did a rough estimate of what percentage of my week was spent going and what part was spent not going.
Have I mentioned how much I hate math?
God Bless.
5 comments:
I too have always hated math but I think you may have given me one more reason to :) Thank you for your thought provoking and convicting post.
God Bless!
Michael, I also hate maths but ... it's a truthful science! ;)
1 second X 60 = 1 minute.
1 minute X 60 = 1 hour.
1 hour X 24 = 1 day.
1 day living as a true example of Christianity X by number of days allotted to us by God as a lifetime = Go.
God bless.
Hello Michael, those words of Jesus left me thinking a bit as well ... and I did not like the outcome of those thoughts one little bit :-(
How guilty I feel .... I am not sure I even know how to start going ... where? how? The little I do and say at home seems pretty pathetic to me, seems to fall on deaf and uninterested ears anyway .. if I am failing at home, how can I possibly think of enlarging the circle?
God bless. Ciao!
This passage had me thinking too... God doesn't want our half-way efforts, He wants everything. My pastor said that when we don't feel up to a task, we look for an alternative... but God gave us a job to do, and there is no third option; we either do it or it doesn't get done, no one's going to do it for us.
God bless :)
Sadie
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