Well, that's just it, we have to follow. I really like what Rt. Rev. Dr. David Zac Niringiye says here, it has been stuck in my head. We are to be followers.
If Jesus is the center then we go where he goes.
We follow where he leads.
We love how he loved.
We extend grace like he extends grace.
We engage the lost world at the expense of our own safety and comfort.
We enter into relationship with people who are the same and different from us.
We speak truth. We live truth.
We love the Scriptures.
We ask questions.
If we accept the invitation to follow and we believe that Jesus is the theological center of everything then our lives cannot be lived as our own.
1 Corinthians 7 offers a helpful reminder:
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. (1 Corinthians 7:23 ESV)
If Jesus is our center then we cannot, must not, retreat behind the walls of a holy hideout. We must, we have to step out into the lost and broken world and...
engage it,
question it,
challenge it,
transform it.
Following Jesus necessarily pushes us out and into the world as transformative ambassadors who bring
a story,
a message,
healing,
love,
grace,
mercy,
truth,
transformation.
To call yourself a "Christian" means you are required to go on expedition on behalf of the one who bought you.
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