p ro t e c t s t h e c o m m u n i t y a g a i n s t
lawbreakers. A businessman makes
money by providing a ser vice. A
foreman manages a project through to
completion. What does a man of God
do?
Again, our example is Jesus. The Son
of God does the works of God He has
been put on earth to do. The man of God
imitates the Son of God and focuses
his heart, soul, mind and strength on
doing the works of God with Jesus.
of giving your best energy as the
byproduct of a true identity in God:
God’s man is on mission in his context
-- in his geographical space, in his
spheres of influence, with the people
and opportunities God has given
him. He knows intuitively that he has
limited time, an unknown ending and a
scheduled meeting with Jesus himself.
He is focused on hearing at that
meeting, “well done, good and faithful
servant.” He is a son of Christ, not a son
of culture.
Jesus did not dabble around.
Three years, twelve men and ultimately
20 centuries of movement were the
result of an extremely strong identity
and a correspondingly strong focus
in His earthly years. Jesus knew the
clock was ticking, and such knowledge
creates urgency. Urgency, in turn,
creates energy and effort.
Jesus’ identity as Son of the Father
drove His perspective. He was on a
mission to accomplish what God had
uniquely given Him to do during His
limited time on earth. The key word?
Limited. He did not get bogged down in
peripheral, trivial or temporal focuses
competing for His energy. He chose
instead to focus on what was central
to His identity: heaven.
Specifically, we see the Son of God
telling people how to get heaven,
blessing others in ways that helped
them to recognize the God of heaven
and completing His mission on earth in
anticipation of His return to heaven.
There is your working definition
The dangerous good revolution will be
a movement of focused men who are
like Jesus.
My Truest Identity Reflects My Ultimate
Destiny
What happens when we die? How you
answer that question reflects your
identity. A man of God believes he’s
going to God, and when he goes it’s
not for the purpose of being ruled in or
out of heaven, but to be examined as a
manager of his life.
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