Erwin McManus said, "God's will for us is less about our comfort than it is about our contribution. God would never choose for us safety at the cost of significance. God created you so that your life would count, not so that you could count the days of your life." Does my life count? Does yours?
I shared the story of a church that grew to 2000 and then has shrunk back to around 1500-1600. One of their members told me that when they grew, it was because the area they were in was booming, and so they didn't have to do anything... People just came to them! As a result, they forgot to "make disciples", and so therefore, the church has been declining. Isn't that what happens in most churches? We grow when we're new, but if there is not a passion to fulfill the Great Commission (to go and make disciples of all nations), we become complacent, and see a decline. Does my life count? Does yours?
Jesus final words to his disciples are great instructions for you and me. If you want your life to count, you need to follow there marching orders... "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you, and surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20). We must connect to God through worship and we must connect to people by investing in their lives if we ever want to make a difference. Does my life count? Does yours?
Who do you need to invest in? Someone once said, "To the world, you may be just one person, but to one person, you just may be the world." Make your life count... starting TODAY!
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