Pastor Sam
returned to the pulpit of Bronx Bethany Church of the Nazarene yesterday, following
a nine-week sabbatical leave. His sermon, which was in essence an inaugural statement
of his next phase of BBCN ministry, reminded us of our mission and purpose as
members of this local church.
At the heart of
his sermon was the concern of “mission creep”: that is, the danger of drifting
away from the call and role that God has assigned to us as individuals and as a
community of faith.
Our pastor noted
two key questions concerning mission:
Who has God called me to be?
What has God called me to do?
The order of the
questions is of paramount importance. Our pastor shared (and I paraphrase) that
if we do not know who we are, then we will not know what we are to do.
Who are you? Are
you aware of who God has called you to be? If you are not aware, then today is
a good day to ask God to tell you who you are. His word asserts that He has
distributed gifts to all His people by the Spirit of Christ (Ephesians 4:7; First Corinthians 12:7). No one has been
left out.
Lord God, help me to find my proper place
in Your great kingdom… teach me who I am, that I might know where I belong.
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