than we think we are. Or at least the potential to see and accept and act on this reality. If we believe… in ourselves as well. I’m not talking about ego or arrogance or feign bravado but our ‘who’, the family we were born again into, the importance, protection, and equipping this inheritance means to us now. Remember the Lord’s words when the rich young ruler wasn’t willing to leave all and follow Him (Mark 10:29-30)
“Truly I tell you, Jesus replies, No one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age – houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields along with persecutions – and to receive eternal life in the age to come.”
It is totally impossible to fence sit – to have one foot in one kind of world and attempt to have the other foot in another. Not possible. You have to choose!
In the choosing, we have the opportunity to be and do so much more. Don’t let the ‘…with persecutions…’ slip by unnoticed. This is a given. Just as the Lord told His disciples that as He had received persecutions, misunderstandings, rejections, etc. in this world, so would they… so would we. It’s a fact that has to be accepted and then act as a motivation for us to continue. However, there is also the ‘but’ that follows. Be prepared but be encouraged.
We are so much more than only sufficiently equipped and enabled… all we need do is act on this. Why would we not? Myriad of reasons… but a major part is how we view who we are, how we do what we do, the depth of our foundation… etc. ‘Can’t’ is a word that can slip easily into our vocabulary. Typically it is defined as: won’t. If we can only grasp the reality of our being grafted into the vine, of being a co-inheritor, of having all we need at the precise time we need it … then we can be His Ambassador.
