2 Corinthians 5:19 “In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.”
How’s your connection? In the 21st century, we have a much greater capacity to be connected to people than ever before in history – through the World Wide Web and mobile technologies with 4G satellite networks – while at the very same time our modern existence can be incredibly isolating. We stand on street corners, in restaurants, or in our homes connected to a global network of information and communication at the touch of a screen and yet struggle to relate to the people living next door or sitting across from us. Furthermore, if you have ever had a dropped call on your mobile phone or waited in a long line at an automated airport check-in kiosk, then you know that technology is limited in its ability to create connections.
There is one, however, with whom our connection is never lost and to whom our calls never get dropped. While technology and modern life fail to fulfill our need for connection, God’s capacity for connection is limitless. In fact, God will stop at nothing – not even death on a cross – to make a connection with us and reconnect us to each other. God’s loving intention in creation, which was affirmed and fulfilled in the death and resurrection of Jesus, is for us to experience a connection greater than the latest satellite technology. We were reconciled to God through Christ to live a life of deep and trusting connection to God and to one another, a life of 4G Faith!
We were created for connection and in Christ we have been made new to carry, to a world in desperate need, the true, meaningful connection God is dying to provide. As the apostle Paul says, we are ambassadors of Christ entrusted with a ministry of reconciliation, or ‘reconnection.’ This is why we Gather. It is how we Grow. It’s our reason for Giving and our motivation to Go! Because God’s capacity for connection is limitless, God’s pursuit of us is relentless, and God will stop at nothing to connect and reconnect us to God and one another. So how's your connection?
Chris
