#5 - Blessed to be a Blessing

#5...
Blessed to be a Blessing

Genesis 12:1-3 NIV

The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.

“I will make you into a great nation,
    and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
    and you will be a blessing.

I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.”

The LORD chooses Abram (soon to be Abraham) and makes a covenant with him and his descendants.  It's the beginning of God's election of a people to represent him to all other people on earth.  This missional vocation of the Hebrew people in the Old Covenant becomes the same vocation of the church in the New Covenant through Jesus.

Notice that the special blessed status for Israel & the church - Abraham's "great nation" - is for the purpose of blessing "all peoples on earth."  The simple but profound impact of this truth is that all the blessings of life with God in the Christian faith are not meant to end with us, but to be shared with others.

As God's people, we are blessed with 

• salvation
• forgiveness
• reconciliation
• justice
• comfort
• hope
• peace
• eternal life

And as those "blessed to be a blessing," we're called by God to share these blessings with others...yes, even with those outside of God's family.  Blessings shared without condition, but in the hopes that they too will become brothers and sisters in God's family to join in on the mission of divine blessing.

Share the love.

Pass it on.

Pay it forward.

The missional truth is that every good thing that we have from God is meant for us to experience AND to share with others so they can experience it, too.

Then "all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

A simply powerful calling.

Up next - #4  ...  Magnetic Missionality