ARE YOU MOVING?

The words popped off the outside back cover of the latest ministry magazine. It wasn't the front cover. No one wrote an article on it. The magazine was just laying on the coffee table. But there it was, right next to the form you would fill out if you were moving to a new address. But God had something to say! ARE YOU MOVING?

Initially I thought, "Lord, we are all moving. We are going to church, and we are involved in this ministry or that ministry. . ." "ARE YOU MOVING?" I had to sit and think for a minute and then God spoke to me and said, "Andi, much of my Church is spinning it's wheels. They are ministering and reaching out to those who already know Me. Some of that is needed, but there is a world of people dying and going to Hell! And the Church is initiating yet another 'program' or 'ministry', that only reaches as far as the four walls of the building." OK, now I had to start taking inventory of my own life, and even though I have opened myself up and made myself available in my everyday life to be His hands, His feet, His voice to the world around me. . .I KNOW there is so much more.

Jesus gave us The Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20, and I love how it reads in the Message Bible:
Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: "God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I'll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age."

He said 'GO OUT'. He did not say sit in the church and wait for them to come in. I hate to tell you, but they are not coming in unless you GO OUT and bring them in! That is MOVING! ARE YOU MOVING? We have this treasure, this great, wonderful, fulfilling, life giving, full-of-love, astounding, AMAZING TREASURE called salvation. A LOVING, INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP with the Creator of the Universe! If it means as much to us as we say it does, if it is as wonderful as we say it is, I have just one question. . . ARE YOU MOVING?? Because the Kingdom of God is only advanced as much as WE move forward, as the Body of Christ!

Hey everyone! I have an announcement to make!! I'M MOVING!!! Who's with me??