Starting out with our
"NO FEAR" Series, we jumped into the first fear God has something to
say about: The Fear of Feeling Pointless Or Worthless.
This week, we're talking
through the fear of having no purpose or value. Especially during these Junior
High years, we have a tendency to grasp on to whatever thing we can to find
value and purpose (video games, relationships, always winning, being popular,
etc.). On Sunday, we checked out 2 Cor. 5:17-20, which says:
"17 Therefore, if
anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has
gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself
through Christ and gave us the
ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was
reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against
them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore
Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through
us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God."
In this AMAZING verse, we
find that our ultimate purpose is one that God gives us, to be "ministers
of reconciliation" as "God reconciles the world to Himself"...
Now, "reconcile"
means to "bring to agreement or harmony". What this means is
that we get to take part in making the
world look like God originally intended it to look (no tears, no hunger, no
hurt feelings, no fighting, no loneliness, tons of: joy, hope, high-fives,
tasty food for hungry people, and people being surrounded with laughter and
friends that care for them)! This means fixing the broken, supporting the
hurting, giving attention and love to those that don't get attention and love,
including and welcoming those that are left out, and helping people far away
from God get to know Him. With a mission like this every day, our fear of
waking up one day without having a purpose is one that we don't need to worry
about anymore!
So, in hoping to show the
awesome mission we have, we're going on Saturday to some people that could use
some love and some help in Los Angeles. It'd be awesome if you came! Check out
the graphic up top for info!
Now, I've got two questions
for you:
1) (This has nothing to do
with this topic, I'm just interested :) ) If you could populate a deserted
island that you lived on with just one species of animals, what would it be?
2)What is ONE thing you could
do today to make this world around us and our lives look more like God would
want it to look? In other words, How can you, today, be someone that helps God
fix things that are broken?
SWEET! Have a great Tuesday
and I'll hopefully see you all on Saturday at the Dream Center or Sunday @
Rewired!
Peace,
-Brandon
1) I would populate the desert island with sloths, because they are carefree, slow, and VERY lazy just like me :-)
ReplyDelete2) I guess I could try not to fight with my sibling. (I said TRY, not necessarily succeed ;-).)
1. penguins... they're cute and cuddly but if they're mean... I got dinner!
ReplyDelete2. GO AND PRAY THAT WHAT I DO TOMORROW will help people
lol :-) i've never tried penguin b4!
Delete1. i would populate the island with polar bears. the r so cute.
Delete2. i would go give homless people the joy of in and out burger!!! :P
1) I would populate the island full of narwales!!!;p they are AWESOME!!!(i know they are aquatic mammals but who cares?)
Delete2) I would go to the G.A.P and try to help and listen to the people's stories of their life
~Kennedy~
Good call guys!
ReplyDeleteCamels. They spit, must i say anything else?
ReplyDeleteI spent weeks thinking about this question, and i finally have an answer!
ReplyDeleteI would populate the island with gummi bears :-) half animal and half candy!