A Food Drive to Impact the World

 

I stood looking out the window of my hotel a couple of years ago. Before me was this cityscape of Cairo. Millions of people were packed together inside my minuscule view of urbanized Egypt. I came from my place - on the other side of the world - to experience a culture of remarkable distinction: ancient and dissimilar but yielding to a new and remarkable connectivity with the rest of the world - a connectivity previous generations could have never imagined. 

Globalization is the place where the distinctives of juxtaposed cultures get noticed. And it's the place where the distinguishing characteristics of the gospel are exposed. Globalization has taken us into a new kind of connectivity, which means local practices speak globally about beliefs and values.

The world has taken notice of our belief in the Lord's missional strategy. Christ's followers understand the message of Jesus isn't just another message (from among thousands of equally weighted messages) which can be accepted or rejected without consequence or implication. It stands apart. It is the gospel of salvation, and the Lord's entire Church (not just a special group of ordained professionals within it) is characterized by its mission.

"MIssion" is fundamental to the identiy all who proclaim "Jesus Christ is Lord" and globalization means our missional actions expose the world to its Savior.

As surely as we're watching the world, the world is watching us.

So when you fill boxes with food and participate in the Food Drive at one of GCC's services this weekend, make note of this truth: what you say and do may have global implications. 

You matter more than you know.  

Live on mission.

Live strong.

Acts 8:4  -   The followers of Jesus all became missionaries. Wherever they were scattered, they preached the Message about Jesus.