Tuesday, February 17, 2004
WAY OF THINKING
I'll have to admit that I really didn't want to go to WCC. After all, we'd have to arrive late and leave early (since we had to work on Monday). But Debbie continued to encourage us to go, especially when she said "Even if you're not planning on going on a missions trip, it's good to go and get a new perspective or way of thinking about missions."
Well, that is exactly what we got! The conference speaker was a man named Bob Sjogren. The bottom line of his talks were that everything we do is to give God the greatest glory. The focus is not on ourselves, but on Him alone. Jesus didn't so much die on the cross for us so much as it was a way to manifest His glory. Bad circumstances happen to bring about God's glory. In fact, the greater the hardship, the greater the glory. How amazing it is, then, that God has in essence a contract with ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, etc. to distribute news that will eventually bring about his Greatest Glory.
Yes, missions exists because worship does not. Missions is only a temporary thing. So do we send people out to reach the unreached? Yes, but that's only the half of it. We really do it to bring God glory.
To learn more, check this out.
When you start to think of living your life from that standpoint, even going through the monotonous duties of life like driving, working, washing dishes, and brushing your teeth become ways to glorify God.
It's a new way of thinking and a new perspective on life.
I'll have to admit that I really didn't want to go to WCC. After all, we'd have to arrive late and leave early (since we had to work on Monday). But Debbie continued to encourage us to go, especially when she said "Even if you're not planning on going on a missions trip, it's good to go and get a new perspective or way of thinking about missions."
Well, that is exactly what we got! The conference speaker was a man named Bob Sjogren. The bottom line of his talks were that everything we do is to give God the greatest glory. The focus is not on ourselves, but on Him alone. Jesus didn't so much die on the cross for us so much as it was a way to manifest His glory. Bad circumstances happen to bring about God's glory. In fact, the greater the hardship, the greater the glory. How amazing it is, then, that God has in essence a contract with ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, etc. to distribute news that will eventually bring about his Greatest Glory.
Yes, missions exists because worship does not. Missions is only a temporary thing. So do we send people out to reach the unreached? Yes, but that's only the half of it. We really do it to bring God glory.
To learn more, check this out.
When you start to think of living your life from that standpoint, even going through the monotonous duties of life like driving, working, washing dishes, and brushing your teeth become ways to glorify God.
It's a new way of thinking and a new perspective on life.
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