There are few things that have the power to transform this world. One is the extreme embodiment of hate, yet another is the power of Jesus Christ expressed in the world when a community of believers begins to share life together. Last night we saw how the disciples of Jesus went from being afraid for their lives behind a locked door after Jesus was crucified, to risking their lives to share the Gospel after they had an encounter with the resurrected Jesus. We saw how Martin Luther King Jr. risked his life to bring about social justice as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. In both cases, individual encounters with Jesus revolutionized the world as people joined together in order to share life together with the world.
The resurrection power of Jesus Christ has the power to break down the locked doors of fear, complacency, self-centeredness, pride, doubt, or whatever it might be that keeps us from surrendering to Jesus and working together to share life with those for whom the Kingdom of God has come.
We are moving into a season where we want to be intentionally outward focused. We call it, “Heart for Others.” But we want to go deeper than that. My prayer is that we would use this time of a heart for others to launch us into being a community that is always thinking about sharing life with the world, as Jesus has shared life with us.
Some of the opportunities coming up include the Paint-a-Thon, as well as the Angel Tree Christmas project. There will also be a Cube of Opportunity set up outside during the month of November where we can sign up to share life with the world.
May God use us to bless the world as we are blessed by our encounter with Jesus.
See you next week at the Gathering!
-Tim
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