“Living on mission isn’t just one of our many activities. It’s our very identity. We’re a sent people, dispatched into the world bearing his message. It’s less about busying ourselves with church work and more about shadowing him in his mission.
“What could be better than doing our part to bring others along to see what we see and hear what we hear, so their names can be written beside ours in heaven? This makes serving God and people less of a burden and more of a blessing. Missionality is a privilege, not a project.
“God could well have chosen to advance his kingdom without our partnership. He doesn’t need us. He doesn’t hang a “Help Wanted” sign in the window. The Pharaohs conscripted thousands of slaves to build their pyramids. God, on the other hand, blesses his beloved sons and daughters with the privilege of partnering with him as his ‘fellow workers.’ We’re on a co-mission with our Maker, ‘ambassadors’ through whom he makes his appeal to the world.
“At times, as I’m sharing Christ with someone, I can feel the Spirit standing right next to me, whispering his good-news words in my ear and cheering me on. His love for me and through me ‘compels’ me to love others with his heart, including some of the most unlovable.
[This is an excerpt from my now published book: Missional, Merciful, Worshipful Christians and Their Churches: A Study of Luke Chapter Ten.]
I’m giving all the proceeds to YWAM (Youth with a Mission) in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. It’s a ministry with whom I’ve been associated for many years and have a number of friends there. They do great work and need the money more than I do to pay down their mortgage by next year or lose their building.
I’m offering it as a “Pay What You Can” eBook. If you can’t pay anything, it’s yours for free. If you can afford $10, $50, $500, or more, go for it. You’ll be helping people help others in a place that needs it bad (or is that “good”?)!
Oh, and tell your friends!
barney wiget 