BEING MISSIONAL
Why are we here? I mean, why is the body of cciph in this building and in Price Hill? But more importantly and personally, I mean, why are you here, and why am I here? Why this neighborhood? Why this planet? Why this time in history? Why the circumstances of your life right now?

There are as many “right” answers as there are people. But I suspect most of us have not found the “right” personal answer. As a collective body, can we agree on one overriding, powerful, consuming mission that gives us all direction and drive and purpose?

I don’t’ suppose there has been a week in the last three years that I have reflected on and wrestled with this question, in various ways. But I still don’t have a snappy, definitive answer, boiled down into a slogan or formula.

We are here to glorify God, and worship is our highest priority. We are here to be light in a dark place, and prayer is our highest priority. We are here to be faithful to the point of death, and teaching is our highest priority. We are here to love one another, and relationships are our highest priority. We are here to rescue people from hell, and evangelism is our highest priority. Which one is most correct? All of the above, and much more?

I’m not sure that the early church had a snappy slogan to rally themselves. They just had Jesus, and He radically changed their lives and gave them purpose and meaning. They didn’t need slogans, logos, programs or teams. Can we accomplish that same single-minded purpose and calling? We must.