There has always been a lot of talk about transporting Jesus. You may have heard in your own tribal circles; "we need to bring people to Jesus." Or better yet, "we are gonna take Jesus to this school, that village, or this family." And I got to thinking....do we really need to be transporting people to Jesus? I mean that puts an awful lot of pressure on me to make sure he gets there (wherever there might be). I do believe that some Christians recognize it as their goal to bring people to Jesus. I just don't happen to share that goal. I've even read recently (the past 3 minutes) that discipleship, the act of following Jesus is "the art and science of helping people find, follow and fully become like Jesus" - Brandon Cox
I agree with some of this idea but it starts out all wrong for me. Jesus is not lost and people don't need to FIND him. As George Carlin once joked "I found him, I have Jesus in the trunk." Rather I think what I am learning about my responsibility as a Jesus follower is to not only bring Jesus with me but point out where Jesus is already present in the current realities of people's lives. I have seen far too many opportunities for people to recognize Christ in their own lives by using this kind of language where Jesus is the cure and it's all people need (pimping out Jesus?) instead of changing people's vocabulary to recognize that Christ is already in their lives they just need new words to talk about that relationship. I have been really impressed with a friend of mine who started using Jesus words to articulate things he once could explain away. he is finding a new vocaulary that didn't include transporting Jesus....Jesus was already there! Praying attention the
I agree with some of this idea but it starts out all wrong for me. Jesus is not lost and people don't need to FIND him. As George Carlin once joked "I found him, I have Jesus in the trunk." Rather I think what I am learning about my responsibility as a Jesus follower is to not only bring Jesus with me but point out where Jesus is already present in the current realities of people's lives. I have seen far too many opportunities for people to recognize Christ in their own lives by using this kind of language where Jesus is the cure and it's all people need (pimping out Jesus?) instead of changing people's vocabulary to recognize that Christ is already in their lives they just need new words to talk about that relationship. I have been really impressed with a friend of mine who started using Jesus words to articulate things he once could explain away. he is finding a new vocaulary that didn't include transporting Jesus....Jesus was already there! Praying attention the
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