Simply A Night Owl

Recently, I posted about a crisis that I had been going through and what I had been internalizing for some time.   This is a continuation of that thought process.

There is more to this walk than getting your face time in on Sunday morning. I want to be more like Jesus and while this entails attributes such as love, empathy and compassion (to name just a few); I want to focus on action.   Jesus was out every day among people who were considered by the “religious” to be outcasts and not worthy – and he formed relationships with them. He ate with them, he drank with them and he walked among them. I didn’t matter who you were – ladies, louses or lepers; if you were marginalized by those who were in the clique known as “religious”, Jesus had a message for you.  God’s kingdom is for everyone.

Since it’s my desire to be more like Jesus and to do what I discern to be his bidding, it is necessary for me to be following the leading of the Spirit anywhere and anytime; to be out forming relationships with the people that He puts in front of me. This is what I feel is part of the definition of worshiping in spirit and in truth.  There is no greater act of love for our Lord than to do what He wants of you and from where I sit in the back pews, it also has way more to do than with the two hours that we spend in a “church” building on Sunday morning. We need to be out and about doing mission – not just sitting around discussing it in a committee or brainstorming the next great program to bring people to church. Real church happens out in the world. 

 Jesus said,

“I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing.” (John 14:12) Emphasis Mine

That about sums it up

more to come…..