Missional Living: What Does It Mean to Be ‘Sent’?
Nothing moves without first being caused to go. If we traced every movement in history, there would have to be something that began the action.
Nothing moves without first being caused to go. If we traced every movement in history, there would have to be something that began the action.
When Jesus invited us into his missional adventure, he wasn’t just calling us into sporadic serve projects or events we choose to volunteer for here and there.
“God is a missionary God. The Bible is a missionary book. The Gospel is a missionary message. The church is a missionary institution. And when the church ceases to be missionary minded, it has denied its faith and betrayed its trust.” – J. Herbert Kane
If we want to be part of the bigger picture of life, we must be willing to do the same thing Esther did: we must be willing to renounce comfort as the ultimate value of our lives, and make God’s glory alone—our sole ambition. Esther became a missionary: