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Discipleship Focus: Invitation & Challenge
- Invitation: God is always inviting us into relationship with Him. He desires that we know Him and we know His desires for us.
- Challenge: God does not merely wish us to be in relationship with Him as we are. He challenges us to grow, stretch, and transform as we take on the mantle of being His representatives to this world.
I think
that this passage about the woman is a great passage to see both invitation and
challenge. The woman brings forth God’s
Messiah. What an incredible
invitation! The woman understands her
role in God’s kingdom. She understands
how God has come to her to bring God’s own Messiah into the world. What an incredible opportunity for
invitation!
However,
there is also challenge. In entering
into relationship with God, the woman is made enemies with the dragon. Her life is at risk. She is in danger. War is brought to her feet. Here we see challenge in bold and crisp
stripes. This woman does not simply
enter into relationship with God. This
woman accepts relationship and rises to the challenge of enduring war with the
enemies of God.
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