“Therefore, once you have your minds ready for action and you are thinking clearly, place your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.”
– 1 Peter 1:13 –
The time is nearly upon us. For all extensive purposes we have readied our minds for action.
See I love mission trip and I love being a methodist, but most of all I love me some Jesus. This passage I believe is a passage that all members of any mission trip should reflect on. On CTCYM this next week we will be discussing and really living out the phrase,”Putting your faith in action!” To facilitate the reflection for these awesome mission opportunities I would like to reference a quote from Bishop Mike Lowry.
“Mere belief is never enough.”
-Bishop Mike Lowry
Mission Trip, or acts of being in service to others is something that Jesus himself commanded and empowers us to do in our everyday life. I believe that God tells us that just believing in Him or His Son is never enough. Anybody can believe, but what are we as God’s people and followers of His son Jesus Christ, what are we willing to do to act out our beliefs.
So I am challenging everyone who is in mission. Everyday. Just what are you willing to do to show a broken world that Christ is crucified to mend the brokenness? That through His sacrifice We are made whole. What are you willing to do?
I pray that you will reflect on this. I believe it is so important to ready our minds and then put faith in God’s grace to fuel our bodies into action.