Living Sent PART V

by Landon Reesor

He loved, served, sacrificed and injected Himself into the lives of the people around Him.  He was known as a drunkard and a glutton, not because He was one, but because that was who He would strategically and intentionally reach out to, hang out with, and connect with.  Without question, Jesus spent a ton of time in private prayer and fellowship with His Father.  He also invested a lot of energy in His relationship with the 3 (Peter, James, and John) and the 12.  But those moments were, in large part, to prepare Him (and them) for their greater mission in the world around them.  The time with His followers was part of a larger strategy to intentionally go to and engage the world.

Unfortunately, I think if many of us were to do an audit of our lives, we would find we spend a massive amount of time with other Jesus followers and far too little time out with the lost and spiritually disconnected, far too little time entering into their world and their lives.  If that is true, we’ve lost the essence and understanding of what it means to live “sent”.  We’ve lost that missional passion and focus.  We’ve allowed our fear of contamination to limit our communication and connection with the lost world both Christ and we were sent into...

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