Thinking Through Our Task
February 15, 2010
You may have seen President Obama deliver his first State of the Union Address a few weeks ago. The President reviewed his administration’s accomplishments. He also emphasized his future objectives. As I considered his mission and goals, I could not help but think of ours as members of the Lord’s church in downtown Richmond. Like the President, we find ourselves summoned to a great task; in fact, a greater task because Obama’s work has temporal implications while ours has eternal implications (2 Cor. 4:18). Think of the work before us, friends. Tens of thousands of adults within the city limits do not know Jesus. Children, teens, and young adults need to see and hear the relevance of God’s word in their lives. Single parents and struggling couples desperately need to be touched by Christ’s church so they can know the hope and optimism that only he can provide. People in Church Hill, Blackwell, Northside, and the West End need to understand that the kingdom of God is present and powerful. But none of this will happen unless you and I live our lives with the passionate understanding that judgment is real (2 Cor. 5:10) and Christ is coming (Matt. 24:30). We embrace this understanding at West Broad. Even so, the task before us will not be easy. We will face opposition. We will experience fatigue. But as we think through the enormous task of sharing Jesus, we realize that we cannot stop. We must not stop. The first six weeks of 2010 have ended but, praise God, the West Broad Church of Christ is just getting started. Come join us on this Sunday and see for yourself! —JLNJR (Resource: Gospel Advocate Magazine, 12/09, 21.)
