Becoming Something

We are not starting something, we are becoming something.  What we are imagining now is actually quite simple and exciting. We are imagining that this is the time, that this is a decisive moment, when we the DeLeeuw family, the body of Jesus Christ, will become its true self by being poured out in loving surrender.  We will let go of what we had always hoped we would be and boldly step out into what yet does not exist.  We will take on and embrace the nature of the One who embodies love. “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.  Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these” (Mark 12:29-31).

Even as we say all of this, we hear voices saying, are we the one; we are not prepared; we don’t have enough time; we are not ready.

Remember, even Paul was questioned as to his authority and he said, Paul, an apostle—sent not with a human commission nor by human authority, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—and all the brothers and sisters with me (Galatians 1:1-2).  Also remember the words of Jesus himself when he said, Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.  When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore 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 28:16-20).

Sometimes we become so focused on sustaining what have and what we’ve been given that we miss the new thing that God might be trying to do today, something that will build on what has come before.  We miss the surprises, the growth, and the times of seeing God very intimately.  We must be ready to let go of what is in order to receive what will be.

Our stories are continuing with the next chapters being written and lived out even now.  In our willingness to let God do this new thing, we are not discarding our past, but we are fully embracing it by receiving its energy and vision.  Love calls us toward being the verry presence of Christ in our neighborhoods, our cities, and our world.  Becoming more like Christ. 

Creating a culture of possibility.
Scott