Thought for the Week

Jesus said ‘Follow me and I will make you fishers of men’.  The purpose of the church is to join Jesus in His mission and go into His harvest field but we can so easily become distracted.

Recently, I was in Langa, a township on the edge of Cape Town, South Africa.  I was speaking with a pastor who is on the board of The Rooftop South Africa.  He is the pastor of a rapidly growing church and he was showing me a huge new extension that has been built to make room for all the new people that are now a part of the church.

As we walked back through the car park he told me the following story, he said.

‘This car park has become a real problem!   Just a few days after we finished the new extension, I had a call from one of the Elders saying that I must attend a very important meeting.  I thought the meeting might be a praise meeting about all that God is doing’.  No!  The meeting was to discuss how we could solve a big problem.  The problem was that damage to the car park caused by the extension was now causing the heels of many of the ladies shoes to be damaged as they made their way into the building!

What things distract you from joining Jesus in the Harvest field?  Ask Jesus to help you to keep your focus on Him and what He is doing!