After 32 years of being a disciple or learner of Christ, I am finally starting to truly grasp the core of God's great plan for his creation. Ironically, that plan has never changed but certainly my understanding of that plan has varied from my personal circumstances.
At the core of God's plan has always been His love for you and I. How this love is actuated or realised in our lives often depends on our upbringing and current circumstances. My upbringing often gave me a one sided view of God's love, though I knew of God's great love by the sacrifice He made for me, I often struggled to understand how we in turn would convey that same love to those around us. For me it revolved around acts of love or doing things for others to make them happy. Yet we all know that simply making others happy does not necessarily make them appreciate you or your sacrifice for them any more.
In recent years, I have come to realise that if we truly are to love God and our neighbours as ourselves then we must learn to love them in ways which enable them to be the people God wants them to be rather than simply conforming to a pattern which we find easy or traditional for us.
I often struggled to understand why so much time and resources are spent to bring people to church and virtually none spent on equipping and sending people into the world. If we are truly called to be salt and light then surely the place for this to happen is in our dark world.
I recently come across Francis Chan's website and books revolving around his newly found revelation of this same plan and wanted to recommend it. The link for this site is http://crazylove.org , if you are interested in being the church rather than simply doing church then let me recommend you check out this site and books that Francis has written. I believe this is the way forward and though many will choose to maintain the status quo and attend meetings each Sunday, I hope everyone will start to ask the question why does God have me on this earth and what gifts are unique to me that He desire me to share with others?
God Bless
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