2012. According to the Mayans this is it, the last hooray! The world will come to its end in just a few short months. If that’s the case I sure do have a lot to get done in coming weeks and months! Hope there is enough time to do it all!
Of course I don’t really believe that to be the case. But the truth is I really don’t know when it will all end, when the world we know will cease to be as it is. If that’s the case then there ought to be a bit more urgency in the way I live my life, lead my family and serve those who need to find Christ! This brings more to life the purpose of our church and our student ministry, and really our lives. To REACH UP, REACH IN and REACH OUT!
Reaching Up means that I must realize the key to all that I am and all I do is to have a vertical relationship with God. Everything about me, how I am as a husband, who I am as a parent and minister, but most importantly, who I am as a follower of Christ are dependent on the priority I place on this relationship.
Reaching In means that I must learn the disciplines of the Christian life. I must realize that learning, growing and discipleship are always to be a part of my life no matter how much I feel I have ‘figured out’. Growing begins when we realize that we don’t know it all!
Reaching Out is simply what my life is for. We are designed to serve. God does not give so that we can have, He gives so that we can give! Serving and loving those who are far from God is possibly the greatest purpose of the church!
This year, 2012, how will your life be lived in light of these 3 keys? That is what we will take a look at over the next couple of weeks! Join us!
