I've been challenged by a couple of things concerning the church these last few days:
The first is a statement I've heard before but for some reason I heard it differently this time: Jesus didn't invite us to join a church. He invited us to follow him.
I don't take this as a negative about the church as the Bible has such a high view of the church. But it is important to remember that the mission of the church is not to make members but to invite people to follow Jesus and equip them to follow Jesus back into the world bringing grace to those around us.
Does Community of Grace do that?
The second challenge came from our Bible reading for today. Many of us this week are focusing on Mark 6:45-56. In this passage Jesus walks on water to his distressed disciples. A great story. But a seemingly insignificant part of the story captured my attention:
As soon as they (Jesus and his disciples) got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus. They ran...to wherever they heard he was. (Mark 6:53-55)
People recognized Jesus and ran to him. Do people recognize Jesus at Grace? Is Jesus so recognizable, so present among us that people run to him there?
Do people see Jesus in us in such a way that they want to know more about him?
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