Two Turtles

Christian author, Lee Strobel, in his book The Case for Faith, talks about a sign on the door of his office.   It’s a picture of two turtles.  One says, “Sometimes I’d like to ask why God allows poverty, famine, and injustice when He could do something about it.”  Next to him, the other turtle replies, “I’m afraid God might ask me the same question.”

So many question God’s motives... and silently they sit and wait on Him to do something about the problems in the world.  They tweet about God’s apathy... and post Instagram photos depicting starving children with the caption “Where’s God?”  All the while, the situation could be that He is waiting for us to act.  Time and time again in scripture, we are told to go out and change the world... to make a difference... to be the salt and light in the darkness.   We are charged to live unselfishly with convicted hearts filled with love and generosity.  We are knitted together to be world-changers not critics... difference-makers and not judges.  And all the while God promises to equip us with opportunity, wisdom, and the right words at the right time without fail.  Let’s commit to spend less time complaining about the world and more time living out God’s commission for it.  

Go Out

Christian author, Lee Strobel, in his book The Case for Faith, talks about a sign on the door of his office.   It’s a picture of two turtles.  One says, “Sometimes I’d like to ask why God allows poverty, famine, and injustice when He could do something about it.”  Next to him, the other turtle replies, “I’m afraid God might ask me the same question.”

So many question God’s motives... and silently they sit and wait on Him to do something about the problems in the world.  They tweet about God’s apathy... and post Instagram photos depicting starving children with the caption “Where’s God?”  All the while, the situation could be that He is waiting for us to act.  Time and time again in scripture, we are told to go out and change the world... to make a difference... to be the salt and light in the darkness.   We are charged to live unselfishly with convicted hearts filled with love and generosity.  We are knitted together to be world-changers not critics... difference-makers and not judges.  And all the while God promises to equip us with opportunity, wisdom, and the right words at the right time without fail.  Let’s commit to spend less time complaining about the world and more time living out God’s commission for it.  

Why Are We Here?

Matthew 28:18-20 “Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

People often ask me… “What’s my purpose in life? What has God put me here to do?”

No matter what we do vocationally, if we are Christ-followers our purpose is all the same. It’s the verse we just read above. Jesus tells us that our mission includes three main directives:

1) Go tell people about Christ
2) Help believers take their next step of baptism
3) Explain what God is looking for in obedience… and live it out ourselves.

That’s it. That’s our mission. Before Jesus left for Heaven, He told His disciples to do those three things with the rest of their lives. Share. Baptize. Obey. Those were the instructions given to early believers and nothing has changed since that day.

It’s also the very heart of what we have been called to do at Potential Church.

Which makes sense… because as I’ve said many times on the weekends… you and I… the people… make up the church. It’s not a building or an address. It’s a gathering of diverse people with a common goal: to fulfill the Great Commission as Jesus instructed in Matthew 28.

Once in awhile someone will ask why we have multiple locations… after all, wouldn’t one big building be just as affective doing these three commands? Wouldn’t it make sense to just stay in one place and let people come to us to hear the life-changing message of the Gospel? Why not just pick one city?

Why? Because Jesus tells us to “go”. Go and make disciples. Go and baptize them. Go and teach them about obedience to God. Jesus tells us to do whatever we can to share His love with the planet He died for. Why not just pick one city? Because God has given us the vision to start campuses in fifty. Why so many? Because we want to share the Gospel with as many people in as many cities and countries as we can! We want to see campuses launch in parts of the world that many have given up on. We want to be able to impact families, communities, cities, and counties… changing the world for the cause of Christ. And all of it… for His glory and not our own.

Why keep growing?

Because not everybody knows about Jesus yet. We may not be able to reach them all… but we aren’t going to sit idly by and wait for them to come to us. We are going to get out there, establish a campus, and hit the streets of whatever city we are led to… telling the hopeless that there is hope… and inviting those far from God to experience a love like no other in Him.

We are committed to fulfilling God’s Great Commission through multiple locations.

We are committed to sharing the greatest news ever shared.

And we are committed to you… partnering with you to help you reach your God potential

Are you ready to change the world?
Let’s pursue God’s purpose together.

If you would like more information about any of our campuses... or how you can get involved in starting new ones... check out our website - www.potentialchurch.com