We spend a lot of time talking about what it means to be a "servant," especially as Christians who are servants of Jesus Christ.
It’s easy to let that phrase roll off the tongue, but remembering He is “the image of the invisible God… For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.”
The fullness of God’s love and grace and desires for all and everything.
That fullness is hard to fathom, so instead we pick out a couple of our favorite bits about Jesus…stick to only those…and fill our attention with a partial image of God.
Only then, that’s when the world’s powers have us just where they want us, tame and quiet and leaving lots of room for evil to have its way.
Tiny cracks become fragmented communities and broken systems…
…holes in the social fabric become rips and tears…
…we wind up disconnected from each other…
…we opt for confrontation rather than work for consensus…
…it leaves us outside the desires and expectations God holds for us…
…as ultimately we wind up separated from God.
Perhaps this is why as Matthew records Jesus’ life, the very last thing he records Jesus saying is to make disciples of all nations, baptize them…
…and from the Voice Bible translation:
“Then disciple them. Form them in the practices and postures that I have taught you, and show them how to follow the commands I have laid down for you. And I will be with you, day after day, to the end of the age.”
Join us Sundays at 10AM as we keep practicing and learning how to posture ourselves more like Jesus.
Together We Serve,
Pastor Mike
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