I think of it like this – God tells us to ride a horse and follow Him and His ways. God, of course, is filled with dualisms that to our finite minds seem inconsistent (dualisms like living water and consuming fire, merciful and judge, grace and truth….). We, in our frailty, often grab hold of one part of these dualisms and major in that… which causes us to start leaning on our horse and we eventually fall off… Sometimes we get back on and compensate by leaning too far the other way and fall off again….

The only cure is fixing our eyes on Him.

I especially loved the realization that “every Christian can invest his or her gifts and talents in the Great Commission.”

I read some of the other synchr-bloga on the topic as well.

Good stuff from all!

I was a bit suprised (but not really) that hardly anyone mentioned the God aspect of all this. In so much as He is the one that is doing the work. After Jesus says, “Go…” the next thing He says is …baptising…”

I find the order of the indicatives interesting. Baptising comes first. To me, this tells us right from the start who will be in charge of this operation.

God, tells us that this is how we bring disciples into the faith and that after that we should teach them.

I think this puts the onus on Christ and what He does istead of us and what we do. We are tools and God will build His Church of believers to His exacting specifications using the sharpest, as well as the dullest of what He finds in the box.

Thanks very much Bryan!

– Steve

Steve Martin’s last blog post..?Which Jesus??

I agree that expectation plays a huge part in living a missional life – and also living a life of faith.

-Alan

Alan Knox’s last blog post..Living the Love of God

i love that. wonderful post.

blake’s last blog post..Missional Synchroblog: What Does Missional Living Look Like?