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The Next Towns

December 2, 2010

And they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.”

So Jesus and his disciples have been hanging out and sharing the Gospel, and doing the awesome ministry that Jesus did back when he still walked as a man on this earth…and because of this he is becoming popular.

People know him.

In fact…people are looking for him.

That’s a good feeling isn’t it? To be around people we know…people who want to hang out with us, spend time with us…who would search us out…its great to feel known isn’t it?

It feels good to be around those know you….who love you…where you don’t have to put on masks…don’t have to wonder if you’ll be accepted….don’t have to hide behind yourself…

Jesus’ answer – lets go to the next towns.

The next towns…where people don’t know me yet.

The next towns…where they aren’t looking for me…in fact they might not really know anything about me at all..

The next towns.

I like being in towns that I know. I like being in towns that contain people I am friends with…people I have inside jokes with, who smile that awesome smile when they see me…the smile that says “I know you…and I just happen to like you alot too”

I like that feeling.

And yet…Jesus calls me to something more.

Jesus calls me out of my comfort…out of my “zone”....to a place where I am not known…to be among people who maybe intimidate me…

Why?

Because…in the words of Jesus…“thats why I came out”

That’s why He’s even here.

So i guess its time for me to identify my “next towns” – where can I be…where I am uncomfortable…unknown…

To simply love people…to simply share the Gospel of Love…

Because thats why He even came…

Jesus, help me to have courage and boldness to love dangerously. To surround myself with people who think and act differently not so that I can correct them…but so that I can love them.

All this for Your glory.

B.

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