I journeyed to Wake Forest over the weekend to see a college friend who has served the last couple of years overseas. It was a great time to catch up with Joel and a few of our roommates. Apparently Joel has missed the snuggie craze. Watching a little football we run in to a commercial and Joel thought it was some joke. Unfortunately Chris had a Alabama snuggie available for Joel to experience. The snuggie is not all that bad but did it have to be an Alabama one?
Anyway, my conversations with Joel were the highlight of the trip. Spending two years overseas on the mission field is a big task. Verses the typical one week short term trip it seems like quite a long time to spread the word. In reality its quite hard to be limited to two years when you have more in mind than just telling someone about Jesus. When you have a desire to tell about Jesus and then make disciples two years seems very short. In fact, Jesus spent three years making his disciples. Joel had to become very intentional with his time. It was essential to seek out ones that were seeking to commit their life to Christ. There was no interest in a person who just wanted to say a prayer and believe that they weren't going to hell.
The word Joel kept saying was sanctification. The process of a believer being made into the image of Christ. Joel desired to lead that. Joel desired to disciple. Christ call us to make disciples, not to get people's names on a church role. I like the conversations that Joel and I were having. Believers being made into the image of Christ. Rethinking anything that may get in the way of that. Would you join us in our mission of seeking Jesus?
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