The Question of Ministry

This morning at Hope, we had a church planter that will plant a church in Salt Lake City in March of this year. He made a comment in his message and testimony, "We are called to be Christians everywhere." So true. Aren't we? I had no control before I mouthing "Mmhmm" aloud. I have been so challenged in this alone this week and last month. Every place we are is supposed to be ministry. I don't have to work for a church, a Bible group, or anything else to be Jesus. Jesus didn't start this grand scheme of craziness and chaos in order to share His life with people. He just lived. Bottom line. Everywhere He was, He shared the love of the Father. He didn't wait to go to the synagogue or a great meeting of Believers to perform a miracle. He did it in the simplest of ways in the most (what we would consider) meaningless places... street corners, water fountain, hillside... you get the point. In fact, the story I remember the most about Jesus actually being in a "church building," He turned over the table and got mad at the people for being too religious. Is that we have become? In our perfect, little worlds of comfortable seats and messages that convict us for a few hours... would Jesus turn over our tables? Would He rock our boats? Would be willing to walk on water in the deepest of waters to trust Him?

My prayer for you, and me, is that we would be Jesus in the simplest, insignificant ways... everyday, everywhere... we would be lovers of His very being and we would prove it to the world around us, not just because of what we say, but what we do as well....

Going to do that today... Melis