"Blessed to be a blessing" definitely blessed me this morning! Especially the very end. Darrell goes through a bunch of questions in response to God's call on our lives. God speaks "Go into the land which I will show you". We respond with - "This is crazy God! Move from the known to the unknown? Move from the familiar to the unfamiliar? Move from the secure to the insecure? This can't be your voice! This can't be your call."
God: "Come follow me"
Us: "Where we going?"
God: "Just follow"
Us: "What will happen along the way?"
God: "Just follow"
Us: "Will it be long?"
God: "Just follow"
Us: "But I cant see where we are going!"
God: "I can...I AM the way we are going....just follow'
"It is in the following that we experience the blessing NOT in the staying! It is in the following we become a blessing NOT in the staying" - DJ
All throughout the witness of scripture, the roles that humanity fill (Man, women, husband, wife, son, daughter, employer, employee.......any role) are always described or explained in the context of Discipleship. Wondering what God says about being a student, a teacher, a father, a husband, a wife, employee of Sonshine? Colossians 3:23-24 - " Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men; knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve."
The roles that you and I fill everyday are always understood through the lens of discipleship. "JUST FOLLOW" Life does not work any other way. The blessing is in the following NOT the staying! As we go through today may we see our day through the lens of discipleship. We we follow with reckless abandon the one who bids us to JUST FOLLOW. May Jesus' reminder guide our steps, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whoever loses his life for my sake, he is the one who will save it. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or FORFEITS himself?" - Luke 9:23-25
Just follow.....I AM is the way we are going....just follow and I promise you two things this summer.
1. You will be blessed
2. You will be a blessing
Happy "Followership" - what a great boat name!
-Reid
As we think about boat names (Followership) I have to highlight that just prior to the series of questions, DJ lists some of the leave it behind items that Abraham and Sarah relinquished. Most folks (ourselves included for sure) who Jesus leads to their "FOLLOWER SHIP" at houseboats feel tension over surrendering these same things, namely -- their town, their contacts/friends, their network, their home, their security. I am encouraged and amazed that the sacrificial aspects of being "called out" to the FOLLOWER SHIP find root in the timeless original call of God on Abraham to step into the space of "blessed to be a blessing." Thanks for getting me hype fixated on this portion of the message Reid.
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