Expressing Him Most Beautifully!

Disciples of Jesus are people who instill life in others. So, don’t judge. Don’t condemn. We are not prosecutors! We are not lawyers! Rather, we are good doctors. Good doctors pay attention to their patients. Their goal is to give life. They care not whether a patient is a good person or a bad person. A patient's past does not affect how the doctors treat their patients unless the information is helpful in healing. 

Friends, don’t walk with people who gossip about the church or people. Don’t walk with those who mock God. Don’t sit with those who scheme to defame or slander people. Don’t even let your shadow be cast over among people who want to ruin others.

Jesus got really angry once. He made his visit to the temple in Jerusalem and was appalled by what he saw. He turned the tables upside down and ran people out of the temple. Why?

Mark 11:17 | ...he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

What is prayer? It’s the way God gives life to people. Where is ‘a den of robbers?’ Is it not wherever people get together to conceive ways to kill, steal and murder?

Have you wondered why you have five fingers? When we consider the fingers, the pinky finger seems so insignificant and unimportant. The thumb is used to show approval or when something is good. And we use it often. The index finger is used to show people direction. Middle finger is used by kids to play a game of marbles.The fourth finger is the most sacred finger. It’s pure. It’s precious. Men and women put the symbol of their love on the fourth finger. When I was a child, my mom would stir medicine with the fourth finger. But how about the pinky finger? What is it used for? I guess we can say, it’s great for picking one's nose. But let’s think about this. What is the function of a nose? It’s used to breathe! Breath is life! The pinky finger opens up the ‘tunnel’ that allows you to breathe! Not so insignificant is it? One more thing. When we make promises with another human being, we use the pinky. No one uses the thumb or the index finger. What we consider to be an unimportant finger is used by billions people to express ones inner desire to show that one is trustworthy.

When God wants to impact the world, He often sends people. And when God chooses a person we often scratch our head, thinking... really? No! He often chooses the ‘pinky finger’ to do His great work! Apostle Paul writes, “But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not —to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.” [1 Corinthians 1:27-29]

How are you these days? Are you having a bad hair day? Do you feel insignificant? Are you barely going through your daily routines? I want you to know something... God wants to use you to do extraordinary things. You are with us not by accident, God wants to use you to give life to others!

Jesus’ prayer is that God’s kingdom will come and that the will of God will be done on earth as it is being done in heaven! God’s kingdom is about saving people. God’s will is to save people through you and I. The purpose of church is to infuse life through the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

John 6:40 | For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.

What was Jesus’ purpose on earth? He came to save that which was lost! Jesus did not come to live an extravagant life. He did not come to consume but to be consumed! He came to die so that those who are dying can find life through Him.

The church is the body of Christ. The church is not a building. The church is an organism; living, moving, expressing, loving, caring, encouraging, giving, serving...etc. The church is not an organization that exists for itself! Like Jesus, it exists to die to itself so that people can find life. The church is the body of Christ that expresses Him to the world! May Disciple Church express Him most beautifully where ever we find ourselves!