THREE:
Be Sent and Sending
As they go, disciples are to make more disciples. After a profound and burning encounter with God like that of Moses, disciples find themselves called to help set people free. They awaken to the resources at hand that God will animate for the task. Sometimes, as was Abraham, mission-shaped apprentices are called to journey from home and first-culture to another place of God’s appointment. The Journey includes that of our inner life with God, but also is one that takes us literally next door, or to another street or house in our community - and beyond. As in Isaiah’s encounter with the Holy One in Israel’s Temple, and following a necessary cleansing from sin, disciples today may hear the challenging query: ‘Who will go for God?’ - and, like the prophet, respond with heart and life, “Here I am, Lord send me!”