Missional Living

Everything in me wants persuade you to remain vigilant in your decision to pursue Christ's plan for our community, to maintain the relationships with the children God developed during VBS, and to see Christ victorious through prayer, but I won't.  Instead, I will remind you of what true missional living is:  pursuing Christ with all your being.  Many members of our family have forgotten the true mission of our lives and replaced it with what should be it's fruit.

The common understanding of missional living is that of a missionary lifestyle; adopting the posture, thinking, behaviors, and practices of a missionary in order to engage others with the gospel message.  While this is good it's not what's best.  The most effective missionaries in God's arsenal have ALWAYS been people deeply committed to knowing Him and seeing His plan fulfilled.  You can't achieve one without the other.  You can try your dead level best to "win" the world for Christ, but what good is it if you're walking in two different directions!

Walking on water is great until your focus becomes that action, because that's when the power is lost.  The goal wasn't to walk on water, but to be with Christ.  Focus on Christ and you'll have your jaunt upon the water.  There is great power in being engaged with Jesus, so walk where He leads and overcome all obstacles; that's being missional.