Send Me, I’ll Go – IS 6:8

Well this week the Student Staff has been so busy getting ready for the B2S Retreat!!!  We have doubled our numbers from last year!!!  So Awesome!!!  I am really excited to see what happens this weekend.  Ken Freeman and Nick Thurmond will be here to kick it off tomorrow night.  The whole weekend we are going to be talking about Evangelism which is a really big church word that means reaching others for Christ.  This weekend has the potential to change the face of our student ministry.  I have been praying that students and leaders would have a passion not to sit quietly watching opportunities pass them by, but to be ready and willing to share when the opportunity arises.  I can’t wait to see this place packed this weekend!!!!

Luke 14:15-35

“‘Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again? 35 Flavorless salt is good neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown away. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!’” v. 34-35

In Matthew 15, Jesus says that we are the salt of the earth.  We are to be that seasoning that make things better!  Think of it like this.  When you are around non-believer, you are seasoning their life by what God is doing in yours, and hopefully, you are sharing the Gospel with them.  When you are around other believers, you are seasoning their life by the things God is teaching you and the way you encourage and inspire them to continue in their own journey with God.

Regardless of where we are, Jesus wants to use us.  However, the costs are high, if you don’t believe me read these 3 verses,

A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, 26 “If you want to be my disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparison—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. 27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple.”

The people understood what it meant to carry a cross because anyone who was put to death (crucified) had to carry there own cross through town in order to get to the place they would be crucified.  Today we understand it because we know that Christ had to carry His own cross.

Today, will you carry your cross and be the salt of the earth that Jesus describes here and in Matthew 15?