Over the past few weeks we have been talking about how we believe God would have us share His message to all people. We know in Christ we find true life. That is the message we need to be conveying to everyone and not condemning others to hell no matter what the reality. The biggest question we face is what’s next for us. We have been investing and praying for this person or people and maybe they have come to Christ or maybe they are still be getting to that point. Let’s make something clear. We have spent a few weeks talking about a process that could take months, years or longer. Just because it takes a while doesn’t mean you can’t continue to pour into a person’s life. You continue to pour in because of your belief. Sometimes after we help bring someone to Christ they get lost in the shuffle. We want to talk today about what’s next for us in our mission to reach the lost.
For those of you who know someone or maybe you have recently come into the faith we rejoice with you! We would love to encourage you along in the journey, so just drop us an e-mail at kyle@divedeepministries.org and let us know. It is truly amazing to be part of God’s big plan. As a new Christian things can be pretty scary at the beginning of the journey. We as Christians usually guide a person to the journey and then say have a great day. This is something in need of change.
As someone new to the faith you may begin to see some things you need to change but aren’t sure how. There is not a formula or a set of steps which will work for everyone, but we do know God can help us though anything. The biggest thing to do is to begin pressing into God. You can do this by getting involved with your local youth group or church but even that is not enough. Begin to read the word every day even if it is just a little piece. A good place to start is in 1st Corinthians or the other writings of Paul. Paul does a great job of communicating what life should look like as a Christian.
There is a tendency sometimes for believers to think they need to “renew” their salvation like they would a parking meeter. After you have accepted Jesus as your Savior you don’t have to recommit every time you hear the message of salvation. God has saved you and you can’t get away from Him now. Now we aren’t saying recommitting is a bad thing but do it out of God’s spirit prompts and not out of guilt or shame for doing something wrong. Unless you turn your back on God there is no need to recommit and even when you mess up God always loves you.
Along the journey of faith there is always a possibility to start back into your old tendencies. When this happens God has given you grace and freedom from it all. You just have to ask Him to help and restore you. There is no amount of stuff that can get you farther along in the journey. Even following all the rules won’t bring you closer to God. The only way to draw closer to God is to press into His love.
As a new Christian know that sometimes life will be hard like we talked about a few weeks ago, but God promises never to leave us. He is always present and wants a deep relationship with us. In this deeper relationship with God you begin to find the true meaning of life. To live an unhindered life with the God of the universe on your side is an amazing experience. Begin now to trade the things of this world for things God would have for you.
There are hundreds of thousands of people who have not yet tasted true life and freedom in Christ Jesus. Continue to seek them out and love them where they are. Allow them to see you as different and pray God opens the door to sharing the best thing that has ever happened to any of us. Live with them and not above them. Love them through everything even when they don’t want to be. Let’s begin to remix the typical Christian and discover new things God will have for us.
I’ll be taking a few weeks off from blogging myself to transition into some new beginnings for me, but we have some great things in store. We will have some cool people doing some guest blogging for us, and we will launch our new series ‘Remix’ in September. There are some pretty cool things we believe God wants to do with us and excited we get to do this together.
In all you do always remember to Dive Deep!
KC
