What an amazing week I participated in!  Last week I wrote about the coming Global Impact Celebration that our church was hosting.  I was able to participate in most of the activities and there were two passages that I think can best describe what I experienced.

First, verses 1-12 of the second chapter of 1 Thessalonians.  I will let you look them up but basically the verses beautifully describe the heart of the missionary.  Paul describes his work as a missionary as one that is rooted in Word of God, is authentic, is gracious, and is relevant to those he is ministering to.

As we heard the hearts of the missionaries (from near and far) one of the things that stuck out to me most was their humility.  They weren’t talking about what they were doing, they were talking about what God was doing!  Their hearts were broken for the people who they are serving in His name.

The second passage that describes the GIC is from the first book of the Bible.  Genesis 5:21-24, “When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.  And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.  Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years.  Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.”

Did you catch that?  Enoch didn’t just live, have kids, and die like the others Moses wrote about in chapter 5.  Enoch’s life was different from the rest of the Adam’s lineage because he “walked faithfully with God”!  The writer of Hebrews also talked about how Enoch pleased God and put him in his “Hall of Saints”.

The folks I spent the last 5 days with could also be described as people that are walking faithfully with God.  Their lives are based on that walk.  Their legacies will be the generations that will have been forever changed because of their obedience to Christ.

So for all those who came to the GIC this year I want to say, “Keep fighting the good fight!”  To those that put the event on I want to say thank you for giving all of us the opportunity to spend a few days this side of Heaven with saints from all around the world.

More to come…

Jeremy