Devotion:
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Read Matthew 28:16-20.
The apostles had seen Jesus teach with great authority. They were there when he fed the hungry and healed the sick. Jesus had even sent them out by two’s to do the same preaching, teaching, and miracles that he had done. Now, in the final moments before he ascended into heaven, he said the words recorded in today’s passage. For them, the apostles, this was a huge tipping point…they were going to change from being listeners and observers to being doers. They were to go, make disciples, baptize them, and teach them to obey what Jesus had taught. Did I say “they?” Perhaps instead I should have said, “we.”
Instead of just eleven apostles standing before Christ receiving this commission, I see us…Pastor Jeff, myself, Becky, Christina, Ashley, Andy, Greg, Lisa, Oscar…YOU. In other words, I see this as Christ’s instructions to Christ United Methodist Church, calling us to step out, step up, and to be part of a huge tipping point for the Kingdom through our lives and through this church.
Pray today about what stepping up and stepping out might mean for you. Ask God to lead you to that next tipping point in your life and in the life of the church. And pray for the faith to go where God leads you and your church.
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