Something to Think About

Recently, as I was visiting some of my favorite blog sites, I came across a fellow pastor's (my age) blog where he was reviewing some of the questions he posed to his own congregation after a message on "mission" (see Matthew 28:19-20).

This grabbed my attention since I recently reminded our own church family about being obedient to the Great Commission. His questions forced me to ponder, think, and examine myself... and well, I guess I thought his questions might be good for you to ponder and think about.

So, here they are (in no particular order)... [I'm adding some Scripture references too]:

1) Are you a disciple of Jesus? (see Luke 9:23-26; Galatians 3:26; Ephesians 2:8)

2) Are you growing? (see 2 Peter 3:18; Ephesians 4:15; Colossians 1:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:3)

3) Are you pouring into other people? (see 2 Timothy 2:2)

4) Do you have just as much outflow of the gospel and teaching as you have intake (see Mark 16:15 & James 1:25)

5) Are you drinking deeply of Jesus and talking to others about Him? (see John 4:14, 6:35, 17:3 and Matthew 9:9-12)

6) Or do you just come to church because you like the moral conservative base?

My humble thanks to Pastor Matt Chandler (The Village Church; Dallas, TX) for these very good reminders/questions. May we all be challenged to be Christians on mission (i.e. fulfilling the Great Commission through our lifestyle, intentional witness, and financial investment of global missions).