It's not our mission
"God's church falters from exhaustion because Christians erroneously think that God has given them a mission to perform in the world. Rather, the God of mission has given His church to the world. It is not the church of God that has a mission in the world, but the God of mission who has a church in the world. The church's involvement in mission is its priviledged participation in the actions of the triune God." - Tim Dearborn
It's very easy to get this confused and I think it happens to me all the time. I constantly have to be on guard because this can easily lead to arrogance. God's mission can easily turn into "our" mission. We can easily get a complex and think that we are the ones that are doing the saving. The reality is that God is already at work, bringing people closer to Himself...we just get the privilege to be invited along for the ride.
So, today I choose to be grateful to God for inviting me.
It's very easy to get this confused and I think it happens to me all the time. I constantly have to be on guard because this can easily lead to arrogance. God's mission can easily turn into "our" mission. We can easily get a complex and think that we are the ones that are doing the saving. The reality is that God is already at work, bringing people closer to Himself...we just get the privilege to be invited along for the ride.
So, today I choose to be grateful to God for inviting me.
