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| The Manifold Wisdom of God |
TODAY, should be "The Church's Finest Hour". By "Church" I am NOT referring to the local church leadership, Sunday services and other gatherings in which the functions, activities and service projects the local body participates.
I AM referring to YOU, follower of Jesus, individually and collectively, out in the world, and specifically for MI3's focus, the work you do everyday in your occupation.
EVERY DAY ought to be YOUR FINEST HOUR for Jesus and His Kingdom economy ~ especially NOW ~ at this moment in the history of our country. It is said that we have never been more polarized, divided and destructive.
TODAY is fertile ground for followers of Jesus who are informed and animated by the STORY that God shares with us in the Bible about our HUMAN PURPOSE and MISSION to fill, rule, reign, subdue and multiply our influence, in and through Jesus to help humanity become the humans He created us to be.
Paul explains that "...the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord…" (Ephesians 3:8-13 NASB1995).
You see, “When the multi-ethnic, unified assembly of human beings (e.g. the new humanity) get together, disregarding the boundary lines of identity that work to keep them apart,
In other words, when the followers of Jesus, gathered and scattered, GENUINELY get along with each other, accept and love each other, in spite of and in light of our differences, that displays to the world the beauty, majesty and manifold wisdom of God.
We become the winsome, contrast community of which the world longs to be a part. We become a fragrant aroma.
As marketplace and professional "Influencers" surrendering and being shaped by Jesus, we have the greatest leverage to help cultivate this winsome and winning culture through the work we do everyday where we invest the majority of our time, energy and effort.
We are the "agents of change" who are scattered throughout every human sphere. We must ask God, through the Powerful Person of the Holy Spirit, to awaken us in our "twenty square feet" and be the "salt & light" to the deceived & desperate humanity around whom we live & work.
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